This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... real, blue-grey; Un real, pink, magenta (1869). 1870.--Same. Black imp. rect. Medio real, magenta; Un real, green. 1871.--Same. Col. on colour, rect. Medio real, blue on rose. ST. HELENA. 1857.--Head of Queen on engine-turned ground, in circle, as cut. Col. imp. rect., star wmk. Im. and perf. 6 pence, blue. 1863-68.- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... real, blue-grey; Un real, pink, magenta (1869). 1870.--Same. Black imp. rect. Medio real, magenta; Un real, green. 1871.--Same. Col. on colour, rect. Medio real, blue on rose. ST. HELENA. 1857.--Head of Queen on engine-turned ground, in circle, as cut. Col. imp. rect., star wmk. Im. and perf. 6 pence, blue. 1863-68.--Same stamp, with value erased by a black line, and new value surcharged in black. Col. imp. rect. wmk. cc. and crown, perf. 1 penny, red (Im. andperf.), 2 p. lemon, 3 p. violet, 4 p. carmine (Im. and perf.) 1 sh. green, 5 sh. orange-yellow. 1873.--Same. Wmk. cc. and crown, perf. 6 p. slate-blue. Remarks.--Those curious in varieties may find 1 p. 4 p. and 1 sh. surcharged in two sizes of type. ST. LUCIA. 1859.--Head of Queen in engine-turned ground in lettered oval, as cut; no value. Col. imp. rect. perf. Wmk. star, 1859. Wmk. cc. and c. 1863. Lake-red (1 p.) Lake (1 p.) Deep blue (4 p.) Slate-blue (4 p.) Deep green (6 p.) Emerald (6 p.) Remarks.--These stamps are another illustration of the necessity for some notice to be taken of watermarks. The colours of the two sets are very unlike, 1859 being soft, warm tints, 1863, on the contrary, cold and glazed in appearance, and these clear differences are emphasized by different watermarks, which clearly show that they were separate issues. 1865.--Same stamps, fresh colours, wmk. cc. and c. perf. Black (1 penny), canary (4 p.), violet (6 p.), orange (1 sh). ST. THOMAS AND PEINCE ISLANDS. 1870.--Crown on solid ground, as cut. "Col. imp. rect. perf. 5 reis. black; 10 reis, yellow; 20 reis, stone; 25 reis, red; 50 reis, green; 100 reis, violet. Remarks.--These islands are situated on the African Coast, in the Gulf of Guinea. Used specimens are seldom seen. ST. VINCENT. 1868.--Head of Queen on engi...
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