SG92
Staplehurst Train Wreck 1865
SG92
1865 - Rose - Watermarked emblems
SG92b
Thick paper
Specimen
Watermark
Emblems
Watermark
Showing the watermark as seen on the reverse of the stamp.
Plate #
Plate 4
8,520,000 stamps
Plate 5
1,200 stamps
1867 Island/Registered Mail. Registered cover from Sandown, Isle of Wight to Oxford. Prepaid by a 2d blue Pl.9 and a 3d rose Pl.4 (Wmk. Emblems), both neatly tied by the scarce Sandown 'B88' 3HOS type numerals with a a Sandown cds at left for JA.30.1867 and a London oval registered datestamp for the 31st. Aberdeen arrival cds on reverse for the 31st
Printing Dates
Plate 4
19th December 1864
Plate5
October 1865 (not issued)
Essays and proofs
Imprimatur
Registration Dates
Plate 4
28th November 1864
Plate 5
October 1865
Proof
Die proof - dark shading
Proof
Die proof - accepted shading tone of shading
Proof
Die proof on glazed card
Proof
Plate proof or 1870 Paris Exhibition
Proof
Die Proof for 1870 Paris Exhibition
Proof
Die Proof for 1870 Paris Exhibition
Colour trial
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 Issues - 1865-1872
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