SG69
Edinburgh, 1856
SG69
1856 - Deep Lilac
Plate 1
32,040,000 stamps (including sg68, sg70)
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Specimen
Wing margins
Wing margin stamps come from the left and right stamps of each pane. Therefore 50% of this issue have wing margins. Be careful of stamps that have had their wing margin trimmed and then reperforated.
1862 Transatlantic mail. Very An envelope from London to Montreal, Canada 'via Londonderry' prepaid by a 6d deep lilac tied by a London E.C. '76' duplex for JU.12.1862. Montreal C.E. arrival cds on reverse for the 26th
Quebec, 1863
Printing Dates
29th March 1856 - 20th August 1862
Specimen
Circular to Post Masters announcing the arrival of the 6d stamp
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Imperforate imprimatur printed on thick highly glazed blued paper
Registration Dates
Plate 1
29th March, 1856
Plate 2
Defective, not used or registered
Proof
Die Proof
Color Trial
Green
Essay
With hyphen
Essay
Without hyphen
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 - without letters
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