Ascension 1924 Definitives

• Issue Date: 20th August 1924
• Designed & Printed by: De La Rue
• Print Process: Typography
• Sheet Format:
• Stamp Size: 28.58mm x 32.82 mm
• Perforations: 14.0
• Paper: Watermarked Crowns Script CA
• For St. Helena stamps with the same design Click on: St Helena 1922 Definitives

½d	1d	1½d	2d
3d	4d	5d	6d
8d	1s	2s	3s

Plate Numbers

Plate 1

Essay

1924 1/- Die essay of frame in black on glazed card, 92x60mm, with handstamp "Before Hardening"	1924 Frame master showing uncleared surrounds and with guide marks on all four sides, in black on glazed card (92x60 mm)
master with portions of the design uncleared and showing large uncleared surrounds with guide marks for the frame, in black on glazed card (92x60mm.)	Vignette, in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) marked "before hardening" and, in pencil, "Die 2" and "25/3/22"

Varieties

Legend

Torn Flag (R4/6)

Cleft Rock (5/1)

Broken Main Mast (R2/1)

Broken Scroll

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Click on the tabs above to see examples of the main varieties.

Broken Scroll

Torn Flag (4/6)

Broken Main Mast (R2/1)

Cleft Rock (5/1)

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½d	1½d	2d	4d
6d	8d	1s	2s
3s

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1d	4d	5d	6d
8d	1s	2s	3s

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1d	4d	5d	6d
8d	1s	2s	3s

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1½d

Plate Blocks

• All blocks (Except 4d) showing Cleft Rock (R5/1)

½d	1d
1½d	2d
3d	5d
8d	1s
2s	3s

4d x 10

Specimen

• Set overprinted specimen in Black and Red. (½d, 4d and 3s in Red)

3s