SG 86 plate 2, 1862

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Plate 2 (bistre)
No hair lines in bottom two corners

This value was used for the then rate to India, Australia and Brazil.

Block showin olate number 2 above stamp AK

Image source British Postal Museum from the R M Phillips Collection. Voll XXXII Pg 22.

Watermark Emblems
Perf 14
Put to press 14 Nov 1861
Number issued 1,572,000

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.

AA AB AC AD
BA     BD
CA     CD
DA     DD
EA     ED
AE AF AG AH
       
CE      
       
       
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
       
       
       
       
TE TF TG TH
       
       
       
       
TI TJ TK TL

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