SG178
Preston 1881
SG178
1884 2sh 6d Lilac on white paper
Specimen
Watermark
Anchor
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
1883-84 High Values White Paper 2/6d. lilac JG, with 1887-92 Jubilee 2 1/2d. purple on blue and 1/- dull green on 1889 (Nov.) wrapper from London to Berlin, oval Registered cancellations, arrival datestamps on reverse
Printed
18,069,520 stamps
(the total for all white paper 2/6 stamps)
Earliest date of use
4 Sep 90
Put to press
1884
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Essay
Hand painted in red and chinese white
Essay
DLR lithographed fourth scheme essay
Proof
Essay die proof, printed in black on white glazed card
Panes
This production was in sheets of 112 (two panes of 56).
High Value Issues - 1883-1884
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