SG101
London, 1865
SG101
1865 - Green
SG101a
ERROR WATERMARK Three roses and a thistle
SG101b
Thick paper
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Specimen
Plate #
Plate 4
9,363,840 stamps
Plate 5
1,440 stamps
1865 Overseas mail. An entire from London to Buenos Ayres carried 'Pr French Pkt', prepaid at the 1s4d per ½oz rate by a 4d vermilion Pl.7 (SG94) and a 1s Green Pl.4 (Wmk. Emblems, SG101) both tied by Foreign Office 'H' barred cancels. Red Lombard Street/Paid cds below adhesives for OC.23.1865 and a Calais transit cds for the 24th
Buenos Ayres, 1865
Printing Dates
Plate 4
8th December 1864
Plate 5
28th March 1866
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 4
28th November 1864
Plate 5
28th March 1866
Proof
Die proof on glazed card
Proof
Die proof - initial state
Proof
Die proof - completed state
Proof
Die proof - head
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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