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OK an easy one
but which type? Lion shaded
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diagonal background gives it away
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The colour black gives it away
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No corner letters, must be a trial plate
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Tricky one, not many people have it
Largest GB stamp
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Simple one this
the plate number is engraved on the stamp
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The only stamp to have INLAND in the
design. But those dots give it away.
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Easy one,
only three stamps like this
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Very tricky, no corner letters, has 'postage &
revenue' so after 1881
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Oops, this one has corner letters, also after 1881
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The plate number 18 is the clue, only four stamps it could be
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Only two stamps overprinted like it |
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No corner letters, likely after 1879 |
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No corner letters, must be a trial plate |
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Fiendish one. The answer is given by the corner letter, R is
18th letter in alphabet (see explanation on Q. 23) |
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easy one |
| 17 |
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The alphabet, colour and thin line give it away |
| 18 |
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The colour black should tell you. |
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Alphabet and the "d" give it away, used on postcards
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A quick look at SG Concise catalogue will tell you, only one
stamp plated 23 |
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KEVII has one as well but no corner
letters, a high value |
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New value, new design |
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The clue is given by the corner letter, S is 19th letter in
alphabet, this is not possible in the vertical pane format, the row only gets
as far as 'L', i.e. 12 stamps to the row. Only the horizontal format stamps in
the unified series have rows of 20 stamps, as far as 'T'. |
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The Queen is facing right, the monarchs head always faces
left on GB
definitives. (I created a mirror image). The stamp celebrates 50 years on the
throne. |
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The Monarchs head faces three-quarters left, based on a
photograph by the court photographers W & D Downey . Normally the king's
head will face full left. |
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V is the 22nd letter of the alphabet and there is only one
stamp it can be. |
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What is wrong about this stamp? The clue is the corner letter D
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A keen GB collector armed with a
SG Concise catalogue ought to score >15 after some research, to get over 21
you probably need the specialised QV volume 1. The beginner, with Collect
British Stamps catalogue should still be able to score 15 (at least the stamps
are in colour)
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