Saltwater Crocodile 

Saltwater Crocodile
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Saltwater Crocodile

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3890637
Area
Stamps
Title
Saltwater Crocodile
Face value
12
Country / area
Labuan
Year
1894
Month
05
Day
Issue group
1894 Various Topics ([with overprint]
Order Number in Issue
8
Basic colour
Black, Orange
Exact colour
Black, Orange
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Theme / topic
Animals, Crocodiles, Reptiles
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Crocodylus porosus
Michel number
53
Yvert number
54
Scott number
55
Stanley Gibbons number
70
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
De La Rue
Perforation
14½ : 15
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
None
Printing technique
Steel engraving
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Black bowed overprint "LABUAN". Presumably due to irregular pins rather than different perforators, stamps issued from 1894 to 1905 have a number of small variations, as well for a single perforation as for a compound of perforations. All varieties lie between perforation 12 and perforation 16.