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1880 issue of Great Britain

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Short desc: 1880
Description:
This issue was not a formal issue, but corresponds to the introduction of the imperial crown watermark to the surface-printed values of the time.

Issuer: Great Britain
Dates: 1/1/1880 - 5/29/1881


Consists of 14 stamps: (See stamps as list)

1/2d grn d=Queen Victoria (1880 1/2d) perf=14
1p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1880 1d) perf=14
10/14/1880 1 1/2p redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1880 pointed oval) perf=14
12/8/1880 2d lilrose d=Queen Victoria (1880) perf=14
3/23/1881 2 1/2d ultra d=Queen Victoria (2 1/2d colored letters) pl=21
3/23/1881 2 1/2d ultra d=Queen Victoria (2 1/2d colored letters) pl=22
3/23/1881 2 1/2d ultra d=Queen Victoria (2 1/2d colored letters) pl=23
2/1881 3d rose d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) perf=14 pl=21
2/1881 3d rose d=Queen Victoria (3d colored letters) pl=20
4d graybrn d=Queen Victoria (4d colored letters) perf=14
3/15/1881 5d dpind d=Queen Victoria (1881 Great Britain) perf=14
1/1/1881 6p gray d=Queen Victoria (1873 6d) perf=14 pl=18
1/1/1881 6p gray d=Queen Victoria (1873 6d) perf=14 pl=17
5/29/1881 1sh salmon d=Queen Victoria (1sh colored letters) perf=14

All are wmk=imperial crown

Issues with this name: Bermuda, Newfoundland, Bolivar, Eastern Rumelia, Gambia, Germany, Great Britain, Nowanuggur, Labuan, Peru, Philippines, Portuguese India, St. Vincent, Turkey


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