SG144
Brighton 1879
SG144
1873-80 3d Pale Rose
Watermark
Spray of Rose
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Printed
Plate 11
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 12
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 13
Defective plate
Plate 14
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 15
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 16
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 17
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 18
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 19
8,400,000 stamps
Plate 20
7,200,000 stamps
Plate 21
240 (imprimatur)
To be returned to writer - John S. Hiley was Killed in Battle on Little Big Horn River M.T. June 25 76 manuscript notation in red and matching "Dead letter Office" on reverse of cover from England franked by left wing margin single of 1873 3d Rose, Plate 19 (S.G. #144) tied by "Margate/Jy 30, 76" duplex postmark, cover addressed to "John S. Hiley, 'E Troop' 7 Cavalry, Fort Abe Lincoln, Dakotah, United States of America" and in another hand "Bighorn Expedition," then marked "Dead" and in red "Dead" and "over," faint red c.d.s. also ties the stamp, on reverse there is a partial "Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dak/Oct 8" postmark and a blue triangular "Dead Letter Office/U.S.A./Oct 13, 76" handstamp. A historical cover addressed to a member of General Custer's 7th Cavalry while on the Little Bighorn Expedition against the Sioux Nation.
Printing Dates
Plate 11
17th April 1873 - 3rd September 1873
Earliest date of use
17th November 1873
Plate 12
4th September 1873 - 11th December 1873
Earliest date of use
30th December 1873
Plate 13
This plate was defective
Plate 14
12th January 1874 - 8th June 1874
Earliest date of use
16th April 1874
Plate 15
9th June 1874 - 5th October 1874
Earliest date of use
24th August 1874
Plate 16
9th June 1874 -19th February 1875
Earliest date of use
20th January 1875
Plate 17
20th February 1875 - 12th June 1875
Earliest date of use
9th November 1876
Plate 18
13th July 1875 - 6th March 1876
Earliest date of use
3rd December 1876
Plate 19
8th March 1876 - 29th November 1878
Earliest date of use
14th January 1879
Plate 20
29th November 1878 - ?
Earliest date of use
8th October 1880
Plate 21
15th July 1880
Proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 11
21 Dec 72
Plate 12
21 Jun 73
Plate 13
Defective Plate
Plate 14
27 Aug 73
Plate 15
25 Nov 73
Plate 16
10 Jun 74
Plate 17
30 Sep 74
Plate 18
26 Jan 75
Plate 19
7 May 75
Plate 20
29 Nov 78
Plate 21
15 Jul 80
Proof
Die proof on glazed card
Proof
Die proof on glazed card, mounted on card
Panes
This production was in sheets of 240, (twelve panes of 20)
Surface Printed Issues - 1871-1880
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