SG 156 plate 1 1876 (large coloured
corner letters)
Plate 1 (orange)
The 8d was first issued to prepay the postage to India via Marseilles,
and to Australia via Brindisi in Italy
With corner letters RF this is a wing-margin,
yes I have digitally cropped the right-hand wing, silly me
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Large Garter |
| Perf |
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| Put to press |
11 Sep 1876 |
| Number issued |
4,800,000 |
| There were four panes of 60 stamps arranged as below. The wing-margin
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AB |
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AD |
AE |
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| GA |
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TB |
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TD |
TE |
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