SG89
Wales, 1862
SG89
1862 - Deep green - Plate 2
Specimen
Specimen
A partial pane of the specimen stamp
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
PLATE #'s
#89 comes from plate 2.The plate numbers on the stamps were printed in error.
Plate 2
6,240,000 stamps
Plate 3
1,440 stamps
1862, 1sh Green (SG 90). Used along with 1862 4p Vermilion (SG 81) and pair 1857 1p Rose Red (SG 40), tied by "466" (Liverpool) in oval grid on 1864 registered cover to James McMaster in New York (McMaster was editor of The New York Freeman's Journal), red oval Liverpool registry datestamp, "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 36" arrival postmark
James Mc Master
Printing Dates
Plate 2
8th October 1862 - late 1864
Plate 3
16th June 1862 (not issued)
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 2
8th May 1862
Plate 3
16th June 1862
Proof
Plate 2 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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