New Zealand 1855-1859 Queen Victoria

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Description

  • Issue Dates : 18 July 1855 - 1859
  • Designed by : Humphreys
  • Printed by :
  • Print Process : Recessed
  • Perforations : None
  • Watermarks: large star in 1855-1857 issues
  • Catalogue Michel N°s 1-10, Stanley Gibbons 1-17

Queen Victoria from the A.E. Chalon (1780-1860) portrait.

Stamps

First issue

Printed in London. Sold 105,000 Euros by Corinphila (Zurich) in May 2015.

1 penny carmine Mi1 SC1
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2 pence blue on bluish paper Mi2 SC2
1 shilling green on bluish paper Mi3 Sc3

Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Star watermark

2 pence blue, numeral 16 at Port Victoria Mi2

Auckland issue

Blue paper without watermark in 1855; white paper in 1857-1859.

1 penny red Mi7 Sc4 - on blue paper Mi4
2 pence blue Mi8 Sc5 - on blue paper Mi5
2 pence blue, numeral 11 at Napier (NZ) Mi5
6 pence brown, numeral 15 Mi9
6 pence brown shade Mi9a
1 shilling blue green, used 17, sub-issue 1857 Mi10a, SG17.
1 shilling used at 1 Auckland blue paper (?). Mi6
1 shilling green Sc6 - on blue paper Mi6 or white paper Mi10
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