SG4
Edinburgh, 1840
SG4
1840 Deep full blue - Issued Stamp
Watermark
Small Crown
Plate numbers of SG4
1, 2
PLATE #'s
Essays and Proofs
Essay
Rowland Hill's design
Essay
Prince Consort
Essay
Water color essay
Essay
Rainbow Trial
Color Trial
Proof
Original die proof of the complete design with crosses added
Proof
Ormond Hill Die proof
Proof
Ormond Hill Die proof
The two penny blue printing room
Distinctive Cancels
Aberdeen
Ashton-under-Lyne
One central point crosses at it's end
Belfast
Brighton
Channel Islands
Cork
Coventry
Dublin I
Dublin II
Greenock
Almost straight sides, a large centre with prolonged points
Hollymount
Only the outer frame (the rest broke away)
Kelso
Straight sides and small centre
Kilmarnock
Dot in the centre
Leamington
Central points greatly elongated
Leeds
Very rounded loops
Limerick
Manchester
Center points resemble fish tails
Melksham
Three dots in the design
Montrose
Mullinger
Notches cut into each side of the outer frame of the cross
North Allerton
One point of the centre noticeably elongated
Norwich
Oxford
Solid centre
Perth
Central points are elongated and central cross is not symmetrical
Plymouth
SCOTTISH
Small diamond
SCOTTISH
Large diamond
Stonehaven
Only in brownish orange
Tadcaster
Tallow
Welshpool
Solid centre
Wincanton
Wotton-Under-Edge
File marks cut across
York
Number in Centre
Numbers
1 through 12
Cancel colours
Black
Red
Red MX Ink Composition
1lb Printers red Ink
1 pint of linseed oil
½ pint droppings of sweet oil
Red MX ink was easily removed, it was discontinued Feb. 1841
Red
Brownish-red
Lilac-rose
Ruby
Orange-Red
Orange-Brown
Bright Orange
Vermilion
Bright Violet
Magenta
Brown
Blue
White
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