Queen Victoria 

Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1194397
Area
Stamps
Title
Queen Victoria
Face value
5
Country / area
Canada
Year
1875
Month
09
Day
28
Issue group
1868 Queen Victoria
Order Number in Issue group
6
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Green
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
21 C
Yvert number
22
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
Yv63 63a
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: 21 C (bronze, perforation 11½: 12); Yvert & Tellier: 22 (grey-green, perforation 12) ; Stanley Gibbons: 63 (olive-green, Montreal printings, medium to stout wove paper, perforation 11½: 12 or 11¼: 12 ) or 63a (olive-green, Montreal printings, medium to stout wove paper, perforation 12).