Catalogue information

LastDodo number
2216377
Area
Stamps
Title
Queen Victoria
Face value
2
Country / area
Year
1887
Month
Day
Order Number in Issue
1
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Item subject
Michel number
51 I
Yvert number
45a
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
SACC number
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Die 1: 1. The lines in the groundwork vary in thickness and are not uniformly straight. 2. The seventh and eighth lines from the top, in the groundwork, converge where they meet the head. 3. There is a small dash in the upper part of the second jewel in the band of the crown. 4. The vertical color line in front of the throat stops at the sixth line of shading on the neck (die 2 at the 8th line of shading).