SG87
Caernarfon 1862
SG87
1862 - Straw without hair lines - Plate 2 - the color was changed from straw to bistre in the later printings
SG87b
1862 - Straw without hair lines - Plate 2 - THICK PAPER
SG87c
1862 - Straw without hair lines - Plate 2 - WATERMARK ERROR - three roses and a thistle
SG87c var
1862 - Straw without hair lines - Plate 2 - WATERMARK ERROR - missing shamrock
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
PLATE #'s
#87 comes from plate 2 and has no hair lines
Plate 2
1,597,200 stamps
Plate 3
1,200 stamps
1863 Overseas mail. A over addressed to the Chief Engineer of the P&O steamer SS 'Indore', Bombay, India routed 'Via Marseilles' and prepaid by a 9d Straw neatly tied by a crisp London E.C. District Office '89' duplex for MY.2.1863. Bombay receiving cds on reverse for the 24th.
Mumbai in the 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
Die proof on on 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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