Saint Vincent, with notes and publishers' pricesNapier, Francis John Hamilton Scott
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Saint Vincent, with notes and publishers' prices
Napier, Francis John Hamilton Scott
Postage stamps -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Unused. Used.
s. d. s. d.
=36= | 4d., dark deep blue | | 40 0
Issue 13.
_May 1880._
=Type= A provisional stamp of One Penny made
locally by surcharging “d./1” twice
vertically, in red, on the Six Pence,
dark blue-green, of Issue 7, the two
halves of this stamp being divided
vertically by a line of perforation
gauging 12. Illustration No. 2.
=Paper, Watermark, and Gum= As in Issue 7.
=Perforation= A, and 12 on one side.
Unused. Used.
s. d. s. d.
=37= | “1d.,” in red, on right half of 6d., dark | |
| blue-green | 70 0 | 70 0
| | |
=38= | “1d.,” in red, on left half of 6d., dark | |
| blue-green | 70 0 | 70 0
Variety. With additional line of the local perforation.
=39= | “1d.,” in red, on right half of 6d., dark | |
| blue-green | |
Issue 14.
_June 1880._
=Types= As in Issue 1 for 1d. and 6d.
New type for 5s. Shape, large upright
rectangular—30 mm. × 25½ mm. Royal Crown
over white scroll, inscribed “Pax et
Justitia,” in small coloured block
capitals, below which are allegorical
figures, the whole contained in white
oval band, 2 mm. in width. The band is
inscribed ST. VINCENT above, and FIVE
SHILLINGS below, in coloured block
capitals; and the spandrels and background
are composed of engine-turning.
Illustration No. 8.
=Paper, Watermark, and Gum= As in Issue 7.
=Perforation= B.
Unused. Used.
s. d. s. d.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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