Queen Victoria 

Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1194391
Area
Stamps
Title
Queen Victoria
Face value
1
Country / area
Canada
Year
1869
Month
Day
Issue group
1868 Queen Victoria
Order Number in Issue group
3
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Orange
Exact colour
Theme / topic
Engravers, Heads of State, Queens
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Jeens, Charles Henry [1827-1879], Victoria of the United Kingdom [1819-1901] (Alexandrina Victoria van Hannover)
Item subject
Michel number
18 xa A 18 xb A
Yvert number
19 19a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
56 56a 56b 56ba
Unitrade number
Designer/Engraver
Earle, Henry Sr. [1827-1914], Jones, Alfred [1819-1900]
Printing office
BABNC [Canada] (1866)
Perforation type
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
This item is known in the catalogues as one of the following numbers: Michel: 18 xa A (orange-yellow, perforation L 12) or 18 xb A (deep orange, perforation L 12); Yvert & Tellier: 19 (deep yellow, perforation 12) or 19a (orange, perforation 12); Stanley Gibbons: 56 (deep orange, Ottawa printings, medium to stout wove paper, perforation 12) or 56a (orange-yellow, Ottawa printings, medium to stout wove paper, perforation 12) or 56b (pale orange-yellow, Ottawa printings, medium to stout wove paper, perforation 12) or 56ba (pale orange-yellow, Ottawa printings, medium to stout wove paper, imperforate).