J30s - Three pence 'specimen' of 1867

three pence 1867

Plate 5

Pane showing current number above stamp AB

Image source British Postal Museum from the R M Phillips Collection. Vol XXXII pg 28.

This is not from the top-left of the plate, but from the top-left of one of 12 panes (this being a bottom pane). This demonstrates that there were selvage markings in between panes. See diagram below.

Watermark Spray
Perf 14
Put to press 18 Dec 1867
Number issued 23,158,800

For the 3d, 6d, 9d, 10d, 1s or 2s stamps with watermark emblem or spray the sheet is arranged in 12 panes of twenty stamps forming a sheet of 240 stamps, stamps with D, E, H or I in the SE corner will have a wing-margin.

AA AB AC AD
BA     BD
CA     CD
DA     DD
EA     ED
AE AF AG AH
       
       
       
       
AI AJ AK AL
       
       
       
       
FA FB FC FD
GA      
HA      
IA      
JA      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
KA KB KC KD
LA      
MA      
NA      
OA      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
PA PB PC PD
QA QB    
RA      
SA      
TA TB TC TD
       
       
       
       
TE TF TG TH
       
       
       
       
TI TJ TK TL

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