L237s Five Pound Telegraph 1877 - Colour trials
Colour as issued
scan courtesy Robert Murray Stamp Shop
This is an imperf colour trial
the actual stamp was issued in orange and perforated
scan courtesy Mike Holt
Another imperf colour trial
Another imperf colour trial (not over-printed "SPECIMEN")
Scans courtesy Mark Bloxham Stamps
For the full set of colour trials in R M Phillips collection go here
The Five Pound Telegraph is the basis for the 1882
Five Pound Orange
the next Five Pound stamp was issued 100 years later than the telegraph stamp
in 1977.
The 1882 £5 orange was produced from the 1877 £5 Telegraph stamp by drilling out the word 'TELEGRAPHS' and replacing it by the word 'POSTAGE' and a small fill in design to make up for the 3 lost letters.
The 1877 Telegraph stamp is considerably rarer (with 84,000 stamps issued), than its 1882 postal counterpart (with 246,826 stamps issued).
Plate layout of the £5 Telegraph
Two panes of 28 stamps (7 rows by 4)
The lettering is the reverse of the usual, the top row going from AA,
BA, CA, DA
Normally the row goes AA, AB, AC, AD and the column goes AA, BA, CA etc
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Imperf Colour Trial - Block (CK-DN) showing current number 526
Image source British Library
Reconstructed Pane
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For a study on the £5 orange go here