Contents
1 Essays
2 Die Proofs
3 Sheet Layout
4 Plate Proofs
5 Paper
6 Imprimaturs
7 Colour Standards
8 Specimens
9 Issued Stamps
1 Essays
2 Die Proofs
3 Sheet Layout
4 Plate Proofs
5 Paper
6 Imprimaturs
7 Colour Standards
8 Specimens
9 Issued Stamps
Date: 15 Oct 1883
Plates: 1-2
Printer: De La Rue
Watermark: Crown (sideways)
Perforation: none
On 15 Oct 1883 plates 1 and 2 were used for trials in blue-green on Crown paper.
AA and AB exist from both plates. Both AA examples have been cut to stamp size but both show a tiny remnant of manuscript in the left margin, which was probably the same as that still remaining on both AB examples: “Experimental on Crown 15/10/83”. The purpose of these trials is not known.
Plate 1
Plate 2
AA are in private hands.
AB are reconstructions as they are in the Langmead Collection.