SG70
Oxford, 1856
SG70
1856 - Pale Lilac
Plate 1
32,040,000 stamps (including sg68, sg70)
SG70a
1856 - Pale Lilac on AZURE paper
Plate 1
480,000 stamps
Counterfeit
70a counterfeit - fake azure paper
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Multiples
1859 Overseas mail. An envelope with original contents sent from Sible Hedingham, Essex addressed to 'Lt J M Kelsall, H.M.S. Cumberland, Rio de Janeiro or Elsewhere' bearing a 6d Pale lilac (SG 70) tied by a Halstead "334" numeral. Backstamped by a Sible-Hedingham UDC in blue, Halstead and London transit cds's for MY.7-9.1859.
H.M.S. Cumberland
Printing Dates
29th March 1856 - 20th August 1862
Specimen
Circular to Post Masters announcing the arrival of the 6d stamp
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 1
29th March, 1856
Plate 2
Defective, not used or registered
Proof
Die Proof
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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