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SG6

1840 Pale Blue - Issued Stamp
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Watermark

Small Crown

Plate numbers of SG6

1, 2

PLATE #'s

Essays and Proofs

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Essay

Rowland Hill's design
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Essay

Prince Consort
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Essay

Water color essay
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Essay

Rainbow Trial
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Color Trial

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Proof

Ormond Hill Die proof
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Proof

Ormond Hill Die proof
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Printer

Printed by Perkins Bacon & Co

Distinctive Cancels

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Aberdeen

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Ashton-under-Lyne

One central point crosses at it's end

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Belfast

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Brighton

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Channel Islands

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Cork

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Coventry

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Dublin I

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Dublin II

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Greenock

Almost straight sides, a large centre with prolonged points

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Hollymount

Only the outer frame (the rest broke away)

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Kelso

Straight sides and small centre

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Kilmarnock

Dot in the centre

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Leamington

Central points greatly elongated

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Leeds

Very rounded loops

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Limerick

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Manchester

Center points resemble fish tails

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Melksham

Three dots in the design

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Montrose

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Mullinger

Notches cut into each side of the outer frame of the cross

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North Allerton

One point of the centre noticeably elongated

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Norwich

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Oxford

Solid centre

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Perth

Central points are elongated and central cross is not symmetrical

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Plymouth

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SCOTTISH

Small diamond

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SCOTTISH

Large diamond

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Stonehaven

Only in brownish orange

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Tadcaster

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Tallow

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Welshpool

Solid centre

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Wincanton

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Wotton-Under-Edge

File marks cut across

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York

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Number in Centre

Numbers
1 through 12

Cancel colours

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Black

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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

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Brownish-red

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Lilac-rose

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Ruby

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Orange-Red

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Orange-Brown

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Bright Orange

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Vermilion

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Bright Violet

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Magenta

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Brown

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Blue

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Purple

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