1880 PERLE Replacement Definitives
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Perf 11 | A | B | C | D | |||
55a | 15b maroon | x | |||||
55b | 15b light brown | x | x | ||||
55c | 15b red brown | x | x | x | x | x | |
55e | 15b pale rose | x | |||||
56a | 25b dark blue | x | |||||
56b | 25b blue | x | x | x | x | x | |
56c | 25b ultramarine | x | x |
15B horizontal pair imperf in the middle 25B vertical pair imperf in the middle Paul Hirsch collection A nice letter Imperfs? Flaw: Dot in i of BANI Dot in first A of ROMANA |
Constant plate flaws of the 15 bani duty - illustrations from colour proofs |
R 2/1 | - broken left frame, 1mm from top | * |
R 2/8 | - coloured dot under the left leg of first A in ROMANIA | |
R 3/4 on stamp | - two breaks in figure 1 in the right-side duty table | ** |
R 3/9 | - coloured dash between A and N in BANI | ** |
R 5/2 | - coloured dot under left leg of R in ROMANIA | |
R 6/1 | - top frame broken 5mm from left | * |
R 8/2 | - wart on left temple (there are others, similar, but less prominent) |
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R10/3 and R11/3 | (between the two subjects) - compartment lines | ** |
(two stages, at least; not to be confused with the so-called "double framelines", or the equally misnamed "guide lines") |
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R12/1 | - coloured dot under right leg of M in ROMANIA | |
R12/5 | - apostrophe between T and A in POSTA | * |
R13/8 | - coloured flaw beneath and to the right of figure 1 | ** |
in the right-side duty tablet | ||
* collectable flaw ** major flaws |
Illustrations Courtesy NSWP