SG93
The Great Eastern 1865
SG93
1872 -Dull vermilion
Specimen
Watermark
Large garter
From 1867 to 1871 the watermark was inverted. As such the following have watermarks inverted
- A few from plate 8
- Half of plates 9 and 12
- All of plates10 and 11
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Plate 6
Destroyed, not used
Plate 7
8,280,000 stamps
Plate 8
10,800,000 stamps
Plate 9
10,080,000 stamps
Plate 10
2,760,000 stamps
Plate 11
13,760,000 stamps
Plate 12
15,842,880 stamps
Plate 13
12,000,000 stamps
(mainly SG93)
Plate 14
8,400,000 stamps
(mainly SG93)
1866 Transatlantic mail. Envelope sent from London to North Douro, nr Peterboro, Canada. Prepaid at the single 8d per ½oz rate by a horizontal pair of 4d dull vermilion's (SG 93) Pl.7, tied by two London District "90" duplexes for 11th May 1866, sent via Liverpool per Cunard steamer "Cuba" to Boston.
Cunard steamer "Cuba"
Printing Dates
Plate 7
8th June, 1865 to 1st December 1866
Plate 8
23rd January 1866 to 15th July 1867
Plate 9
16th May 1867 to 8th August 1868
Plate 10
17th March 1868 to 21st November 1868
Plate 11
Late 1868 to 21st March 1870
Plate 12
21st March 1870 to 11th October 1872
Plate 13
11th October 1872 to 11th June 1874
Plate 14
8th May 1873 to 16th November 1875
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 7
3rd June 1865
Plate 8
15th August 1865
Plate 9
2nd November 1866
Plate 10
22nd December 1866
Plate 11
10th October 1868
Plate 12
28th November 1868
Plate 13
1st January 1869
Plate 14
1st April 1869
Proof
Plate proof for the 1870 Paris exhibition
Proof
Die proof for the 1870 Paris exhibition
Proof
Die proof for the 1870 Paris Exhibition
Proof
Die proof for the 1870 Paris Exhibition
Proof
Die proof on glazed card
Proof
Die proof with thick background lines in the vignette
Proof
Die proof as approved
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 Issues - 1865-1872
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