New South Wales 1851 Laureate

From Stamps of the World

Originally engraved by Carmichael, John









1d Thick Yellowish Paper

Carmine

1d Bluish Medium Wove Paper (1852)

Carmine
Brick-Red

1d Thick Vertically laid bluish Paper (1852?)

2d Plate I

Thick yellowish wove paper

Fine Impressions blue to greyish medium paper

Ultramarine
Chalky blue
dark blue
greyish blue

Worn Plate blue to greyish medium paper

Worn Plate blue wove medium paper

Ultramarine

Plate I positions. An aid to identifying the positions of Plate I can be found here.

2d Plate II Stars in Corners (Oct 1853)

Bluish medium to thick wove paper

deep ultramarine
indigo

worn plate hard blue wove paper

deep prussian blue Pos 19/50

2d Plate III (Plate I re-engraved by H.C Jervis. Sept 1855)

Background of Crossed lines
Medium bluish wove paper

Prussian blue
File:New South Wales 1851 Laureate d15.jpg
WALES partly covered by wavy lines

Stout white wove paper

Prussian blue
File:New South Wales 1851 Laureate d17.jpg
WALES partly covered by wavy lines

Plate III positions. An aid to identifying the positions of Plate III can be found here.

3d Green

Green
deep green
yellow green