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Queen Victoria - Penny Black
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Minor variant of #1424
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Black
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- white
- Face value:
- 1 d - British penny (old)
- Print run:
- 1,920,000
- Score:
- 76% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- The identification of which plate a specific Penny Black stamp is printed is complicated. Please see the article on the Penny Black issue in the Colnect Wiki for the United Kingdom for an introductory guide to determining which plate a specific Penny Black derives. However it is highly recommended that collectors submit examples to professional expertisers that specialized in this issue for definite confirmation.
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Queen Victoria - Penny Black
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 1PL11, Sn:GB 1PL11, Yt:GB 1PL11, Sg:GB 1PL11
- Minor variant of #1424
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- 1841-02-03
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Black
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- white
- Face value:
- 1 d - British penny (old)
- Print run:
- 168,000
- Score:
- 77% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- The identification of which plate a specific Penny Black stamp is printed is complicated. Please see the article on the Penny Black issue in the Colnect Wiki for the United Kingdom for an introductory guide to determining which plate a specific Penny Black derives. However it is highly recommended that collectors submit examples to professional expertisers that specialized in this issue for definite confirmation.
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1d Red from Penny Black Plates
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 3Ia, Sg:GB 7, Yt:Unlisted
- Minor variant of #1427
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Red Brown
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- white
- Face value:
- 1 d - British penny (old)
- Print run:
- 48,819,120
- Score:
- 45% Accuracy: Very Low
- Description:
- The first Penny Reds were printed from Penny Black plates on white paper.
Plate First Known Stamps Printed
Plate 1b 22-10-1841 1,444,800
Plate 2 20-10-1841 1,920,000
Plate 5 23-03-1841 14,028,000
Plate 8 20-02-1841 5,280,000
Plate 9 12-02-1841 7,102,320
Plate 10 15-02-1841 4,422,000
Plate 11 19-02-1841 14,622,000 - Buy Now:
Penny Red (Queen Victoria)
- Series:
- ColnectScrp
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 3Ib, Sn:GB 3, Yt:GB 3, Sg:GB 8, AFA:GB 3, Un:GB 3
- Variants:
- ColnectIsBest
- Has minor variants: 2
- Themes:
- iInfringe
- Issued on:
- 1841-02-10
- Size:
- VisitColnectCom
- Colors:
- ColnectScrp
- Watermark:
- ColnectScrp
- Designers:
- VisitColnectCom
- Printers:
- CopyWrong
- Format:
- from colnect.com
- Perforation:
- VisitColnectCom
- Printing:
- ColnectIsBest
- Paper:
- CopyWrong
- Face value:
- ColnectIsBest
- Print run:
- ColnectIsBest
- Score:
- from colnect.com
- Description:
- The Penny Red, issued in 1841, succeeded the Penny Black and continued as the main type of postage stamp in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1879, with only minor changes to the design during that time. The colour was changed from black to red because of difficulty in seeing a cancellation mark on the Penny Black; a black cancel was readily visible on a Penny Red.
The era of the Penny Red came to its close at the end of 1879, along with Perkins Bacon's contract. It was superseded by the Penny Venetian Red printed by De La Rue, which was in use for a little over a year before being succeeded in turn by the long-lived Penny Lilac. - Buy Now:
- ColnectScrp
Queen Victoria - Two Penny Blue
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 4, Sn:GB 4, Yt:GB 4, Sg:GB 14, AFA:GB 4, Un:GB 4
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- CopyWrong
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Blue
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- Blued Paper
- Face value:
- 2 d - British penny (old)
- Score:
- 59% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- ColnectIsBest
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Queen Victoria - Two Penny Blue
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 4b, Yt:GB 4a, Sg:GB 15, Un:GB 4b
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Has minor variants: 1
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- 1841-03-17
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Deep blue
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- bluish
- Face value:
- 2 d - British penny (old)
- Print run:
- 45,839,760
- Score:
- 70% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- iInfringe
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Queen Victoria - Two Penny Blue
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:GB 4c, Sn:GB 4a, Sg:GB 13, Un:GB 4a
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- from colnect.com
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Pale blue
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- bluish
- Face value:
- 2 d - British penny (old)
- Print run:
- 45,454,320
- Score:
- 72% Accuracy: Low
- Description:
- These Penny Blues were printed using the same die as the Penny Black (Die I), but on bluish paper watermarked with a small crown.
The four shades came from two plates:
Plate 3 was put to press on 27/2/1841 and finally withdrawn on December 1849 after the printing of 45,839,760 stamps in deep blue and blue-violet shades. Plate 4 was put to press on 6/12/1849 and withdrawn on 8/6/1855 after the printing of 45,454,320 stamps in blue, pale blue and blue-violet shades. - Buy Now:
2d Blue Violet from Plates 3 and 4
- Series:
- Queen Victoria - Line Engraved
- Catalog codes:
- from colnect.com
- Minor variant of #1064241
- Themes:
- Crowns and Coronets | Famous People | Heads of State | Queens | Royalty | Women
- Issued on:
- ColnectIsBest
- Size:
- 21 x 24 mm
- Colors:
- Violet blue
- Watermark:
- Crown Type 5 [Up]
- Designers:
- Charles Heath | Frederick Heath
- Printers:
- Perkins, Bacon & Petch
- Format:
- Stamp
- Perforation:
- Imperforate
- Printing:
- Recess
- Paper:
- thick lavenderish
- Face value:
- 2 d - British penny (old)
- Score:
- 73% Accuracy: Very Low
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Penny Red (Queen Victoria)
- Series:
- ColnectScrp
- Catalog codes:
- Sg:GB 16, Sn:Unlisted, Yt:Unlisted
- Variants:
- ColnectScrp
- Themes:
- VisitColnectCom
- Issued on:
- 1841-04
- Size:
- iInfringe
- Colors:
- VisitColnectCom
- Watermark:
- VisitColnectCom
- Designers:
- ColnectIsBest
- Printers:
- ColnectIsBest
- Format:
- ColnectIsBest
- Perforation:
- ColnectScrp
- Printing:
- ColnectIsBest
- Paper:
- ColnectScrp
- Face value:
- CopyWrong
- Score:
- ColnectScrp
- Description:
- Footnoted in: Stamp Number
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- iInfringe