SG78
London, 1862
SG78
1862 - ABNORMAL (with secret dot) - plate 3
SG78a
1862 - ABNORMAL (with secret dot) - IMPERF
SG78a var
1862 - ABNORMAL (with secret dot) - plate 3 - Unofficial line perf 14
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
PLATE #'s
#78 comes from plate 3, it has a secret dot
Plate 1
Defective, not used
Plate 2
19th March, 1862
Plate 3
25th August 1862 (not issued)
Printing Dates
Plate 2
19th March 1862 - December 1864 (?)
Plate 3
25th August, 1862,
Limited amount printed
There were probably 5,173,200 stamps, all from plate 2, with the exception of 1,200 (or 5 sheets), which were struck from plate 3.
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 2
19th March, 1862
Plate 3
25th August 1862 (not issued)
Proof
Die proof on glazed 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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