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Rikki Hyde's catalogue of numbers issued records a late printing made in November 1856 and January 1857 on a remainder stock of small garter watermarked paper which lacked the blueing giving the appearance of white paper
One of the finest known examples of a very rare Queen Victorian imprimatur from the first approved printing sheet
particularly in such fine mint condition
A printed wax seal fills the bottom right corner
Gibraltar 1931 'The Rock of Gibraltar' 1½d
Great Britain 1856 6d deep mauve plate proof, SG69var Trinidad and Tobago stamps Rikki Hyde's catalogue of numbersGreat Britain 1856 6d Deep Mauve Plate Proof, SG69var A superb and very fine imperforate plate proof of the 6d Queen Victoria issue, printed in deep mauve on thin white paper. A striking example enhanced by a neatly struck black experimental circular date stamp (CDS) cancellation dated 'AP. 9. 1856'. Proofs of this nature were not intended for general circulation, making surviving examples exceptionally scarce. A rare and desirable piece from the