GB 1870 Half Penny Bantam

• Date of Issue : 1st October 1870
• Perforations : 14
• Watermark : "half penny" in script across three stamps
• Sheet : 480 stamps (24 x 20)
• Plate Numbers (shown on sides) : 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,19,20

½d Plate 9

½d showing location of Plate number (20)

½d block IF-KH Plate 12

Watermark

• Watermark can be found :
  • Inverted
  • Reversed
  • Inverted and Reversed

Watermarked paper showing "half penny" watermark - vertical strip of 3

Specimen

Handstamped Specimen

Proof

Proof in black on India paper

Ormond Hill die proof in dull lilac-rose on thin wove paper

'Guildhall' die proof in black on thin yellowish white wove paper (25 x 22mm)

Imperf

Plate 1

First Day Usage

first day of issue on British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females printed voting form