SG121 - Two shilling brown of 1880
 Plate 1 (brown) wing-margin
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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.
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Spray of rose |
| Perf |
14 |
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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
| PRICE
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Two Shillings
per Label |
8 Shillings
per Row of 4 |
Two Pounds
per sheet of 20 |
Image source British Postal Museum from the R M Phillips
Collection.
Vol
XXXIII Pg 17.
Sheet with 12 panes
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AB |
AC |
AD |
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BD |
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CD |
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DD |
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ED |
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FF |
FG |
FH |
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GH |
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HH |
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IH |
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JF |
JG |
JH |
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PB |
PC |
PD |
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TB |
TC |
TD |
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