L237s Five Pound Telegraph 1877
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
Scan courtesy Mark Bloxham Stamps
For the full set of colour trials 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 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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Reconstructed Pane
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