SG197
Bournemouth 1890's
SG197
1887 ½d Vermilion
SG197a
Printed on both sides
SG197d
Imperforate (no top jubilee line)
Specimen
Advert
"PEARS SOAP " underprint in orange
Advert
"Ogilvie & Moore. Cork " underprint in violet
Watermark
Imperial Crown
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1/2d vermilion on an illustrated newspaper type wrapper
Printing Dates
Printed
13,494,216,720 stamps
Earliest date of use
11 Feb 87
Plate 1
9 Apr 86
Plate 2
9 Apr 86
Plate 3
5 Jan 87
Plate 4
5 Jan 87
Plate 5
19 Jan 87
Plate 6
19 Jan 87
Plate 7
21 Jan 88
Plate 8
21 Jan 88
Plate 9
10 May 89
Plate 10
10 May 89
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 1
9 Apr 86
Plate 2
9 Apr 86
Plate 3
5 Jan 87
Plate 4
5 Jan 87
Plate 5
19 Jan 87
Plate 6
19 Jan 87
Plate 7
21 Jan 88
Plate 8
21 Jan 88
Plate 9
10 May 89
Plate 10
10 May 89
Essay
Hand painted
Proof
Head die proof on glazed white card, cut to shape
Proof
DIe proof, printed in black on white glazed card
Colour Trial
Green on unwatermarked buff paper
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
Colour Trial
In issued colour
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240 (two panes of 120).
An interpanneau 'gutter' block of four
Jubilee Series - 1887-1900
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