| Low values (½d to 2d) | Higher values (2½d to £5) |
|---|---|
| 1d and 2d line-engraved 1840 | |
| 1s embossed 1847 | |
| 10d embossed 1848 | |
| 6d embossed 1854 | |
| No corner letters 4d surface-printed 1855 |
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| 6d and 1s surface-printed 1856 | |
| small white corner letters 3d and 9d surface-printed 1862 |
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| Rowland Hill retires 1864 | |
| large white corner letters 1865 10d, 2s and 5s surface-printed 1867 To see High Values go here |
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| ½d and 1½d line-engraved 1870 | |
| large coloured corner
letters 1873 2½d surface-printed 1875 |
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| 8d surface-printed 1876 | |
| 10s, £1 surface-printed 1878 | |
| Rowland Hill (1795-1879) dies just before the end of the line-engraved era | |
| ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d and 5d provisional issue surface-printed in 1880 | |
| 1d penny lilac 1881 | |
| £5 orange 1882 | |
| 3d on 3d, 6d on 6d surcharge 1883 | |
| Lilac and greens unified issue of 1883 (½d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1s) | |
| High Values of 1883-4 (2s 6d, 5s, 10s & £1) | |
| Jubilee issue of 1887 (½d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1s, ) | |
| These values issued later 1890-92 4½d, 10d, £1 | |
| Jubilee colour changes 1900 | |