SG144 - Three Pence of 1873

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Scan courtesy Elstree Stamps

Plate 12

Why does it say 10 shilling per sheet of 40 when a pane has only 20 stamps?
I assume that for convenience of handling at the post office the large sheet was
cut up into six smaller sheet of two panes each

Pane Pane Pane
Pane Pane Pane
Pane Pane Pane
Pane Pane Pane

12 Panes to a sheet, each pane consists of
20 stamps in 5 rows of 4 stamps

Watermark spray
Perf 14
Put to press 1873
Number issued 8,400,000

AA AB AC AD
BA     BD
CA     CD
DA     DD
EA     ED
AE AF AG AH
       
       
DE DF    
EE EF    
AI AJ AK AL
       
       
       
       
FA FB FC FD
GA   GC GD
HA      
IA      
JA      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
KA KB KC KD
LA      
MA      
NA      
OA      
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
PA PB PC PD
QA      
RA      
SA   SC SD
TA TB TC TD
       
       
       
       
TE TF TG TH
       
       
       
       
TI TJ TK TL

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