Queen Victoria 

Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
9412117
Area
Stamps
Title
Queen Victoria
Face value
2
Country / area
Mauritius
Year
1859
Month
Day
Issue group
1859 Lapirot
Order Number in Issue group
Usage
Postage
Type
Stamp
Basic colour
Blue
Exact colour
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
5III
Yvert number
8B
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
39
Designer/Engraver
Lapirot
Printing office
Perforation type
Imperforate
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Engraved on copper in Mauritius by J.Lapriot, this stamp is often called "monkey-face" or "the greates insult to British Empire ever". The shown stamp is,according to the the certificate,"an early impression,but on blued paper.