SG77
Hampton Court, 1862
SG77
1863 - Pale Carmine-rose - plate 2
SG77b
1863 - Pale Carmine-rose THICK PAPER
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Secret dot
#77 comes from plate 2, it has no secret dot
Plate 2
5,172,000 stamps
Plate 3
1,200 stamps
Printing Dates
Plate 2
19th March 1862 - December 1864 (?)
Plate 3
25th August, 1862,
The 3d rate
This value was created exclusively for the prepayment of letters going abroad, especially to Belgium and Switzerland ; and it was not till the 1st April, 1865, that it became available for inland postage, there being no rate of threepence for inland letters until this date, when the letter-rate was fixed at one penny for every half-ounce, or fraction thereof.
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 1
Defective, not used
Plate 2
19th March, 1862
Plate 3
25th August 1862 (not issued)
Proof
Die proof on glazed white card
Proof
Printer’s ‘make ready’ proof sheet printed in the issued colour on unwatermarked rose wove paper
Postal Notice
1862 Postal Notice from GPO, dated April 1862 to Postmasters announcing the forthcoming issue of the 3d stamp, bearing 3d rose Plate 2 (SD) state 2, optd ‘SPECIMEN’ type 5
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 - with small letters
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