Sixpence Value
Two Plates were produced; Plate 2 and Plate 3 each consisted of twenty-four stamps. On the first stamp in the first row from plate 3, the typewriter failed to move on after the "R" was typed, so the full stop was typed on top of the foot of the "R" and the "I" then followed without a space. The major varieties were:
a) "Rvenne &" for "Revenue" Plate 3; Pos. 13
b) Error; 2d. and 6d. se-tenant and "ISLND" Plate 2; Pos. 19
c) "PENCC" error Plate 2; Pos. 10
d) "L" of "LONG" doubled Plate 2; Pos. 23
e) "G.R.I." shifted to right Plate 2; Pos. 20
f) No space between "R" and "I" Plate 3; pos. 1
A total of 240 stamps in all were produced, made up of 6d. stamps in black top impressions, in black carbon copies, and in blue. The quantity includes five 2d. stamps produced se-tenant with 6d. stamps in error. A total of 40 remainders were destroyed. A distinction has to be made between black top impressions and black carbon copies and they have been treated as separate stamps.
6d. Black, top impressions, (S.G.35)
48 were produced, consisting of two sheets of twenty-four stamps, one from Plate 2 and one from Plate 3. All were top impressions typed with black ribbon. 10 unused examples, consisting of five singles, a pair of the 2d. and 6d. se-tenant (the Marquess of Bute sale, lot 290), and an irregular block of three have been recorded. The stamp is not known used. Some may have been among the remainders of the 6d. black carbon copies destroyed, but no separate record was kept.
Plate 2
unused Single [15], showing a question mark at upper right, unused; small wrinkle in top margin, fine and extremely rare.
Details
unused Single [15], showing a question mark at upper right, unused; small wrinkle in top margin, fine and extremely rare.