SG121 - Two shilling brown of 1880

Two shilling brown

Plate 1 (brown)
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The 2s value was first issued in blue in 1867 for the double letter rate to America and the West Indies and to reduce the number of stamps on bulky packages.

Watermark Spray of rose
Perf 14
issued 27 Feb 1880
Number issued 77,620

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.

The inscription at the bottom of each pane reads:
example from top-left pane

AA AB AC AD
BA BB BC BD
CA CB CC CD
DA DB DC DD
EA EB EC ED
PRICE Two Shillings
per Label
8 Shillings
per Row of 4
Two Pounds
per sheet of 20

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      
RA      
SA      
TA TB TC TD
      PH
       
       
       
TE TF TG TH
       
       
       
       
TI TJ TK TL

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