SG86
Windermere 1862
SG86
1862 - Bistre without hair lines - Plate 2 - the color was changed from straw to bistre in the later printings
Specimen
Specimen
The specimen stamp was created for this circular
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Wmk Error
‘Rose’ omitted
PLATE #'s
#86 comes from plate 2 and has no hair lines
Plate 2
1,597,200 stamps
Plate 3
1,200 stamps
1862 Registered mail. A cover from London to Naples, Italy prepaid at the 1s 6d rate via France (6d postage plus 6d registration + 6d French registration) by a horizontal pair of 9d bistre lettered IG-IH (SG86, trimmed wing margin at right), both neatly tied by London Western district numerals. Front also shows a red London 'Crown/REGISTERED' handstamp, a REGISTERED/London oval datestamp for FE.5.1862 and an oval 'PD' handstamp, Napoli receiving cds on reverse for the 10th.
Naples harbour 1860's
Printing Dates
Plate 2
14th November 1862 - 24th May 1865
Plate 3
8th May 1863 (not issued)
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 1
Defective, not used
Plate 2
11th November 1861
Plate 3
8th May 1862
Essay
Hand drawn
Essay
Hand drawn
Essay
Hand drawn
Essay
Hand drawn
Proof
Plate 2 die proof on on glazed card
Proof
De La Rue die proof (type B, without corner letters and plate numbers) in orange-yellow on white glazed card
Panes
Wing margin stamps come from the center part of the sheet. In the pane shown above the left column of stamps have wing margins, There is no such thing as a straight edge perforated stamp in GB stamps.
Surface Printed - with small letters
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