SG198
London 1890
SG198
1887 1½d Purple and green
Specimen
Cancelled
SG198 var
Deformed leaf
Watermark
Imperial Crown
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
SG198 1887 1½d. used on 1d. pink stationery envelope, Hackney to Switzerland. Most unusually the “embossed” 1d. pink cancelled by a London squared-circle for MR.23.96 and the 1½d by Hackney duplex for the same day- and time! Arrival on reverse for the 24th
Printing Dates
Printed
492,960,000 stamps
Earliest date of use
2 Mar 87
Plate 3 (3/1)
21 Sep 86
Plate 4 (4/2)
20 Apr 87
Plate 5 (5/3)
26 Apr 88
Plate 6 (6/4)
9 Oct 88
Plate 7 (7/4)
8 Nov 89
Essays and Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 3 (3/1)
21 Sep 86
Plate 4 (4/2)
Apr 87
Plate 5 (5/3)
n/k
Plate 6 (6/4)
9 Oct 88
Plate 7 (7/4)
n/k
Essay
Hand painted
Essay
Hand painted
Essay
Hand painted
Essay
Printed as a pane
Essay
Hand painted
Proof
Head die proof on glazed white card,
Proof
DIe proof, printed in black on white glazed card. Head and frame only
Proof
DIe proof, printed in black on white glazed card. Value and laurette only.
Proof
Proof in final colour on stamp paper. Value and laurette only.
Jubilee Series - 1887-1900
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