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My reference resources are Scott 2022 and SG Concise 2011. Have also scrolled though prior SOR postings under "Europe/GB".
Does every stamp include a plate number (printed within the vertical side scrollwork)? Were any printed without such plate nbrs?
SG lists examples from Plates 71 to 225, inclusive. Were any stamps produced with plate nbrs below 71?
The stamps I am working with feature one capital letter in each of the four corners. Does this denote an individual stamp's position within a given sheet?
Thanks in advance for responding to what are likely beginner questions.
Have had a pile of 102 cards filled with late 19C GB issues sitting around for years. Finally got the urge to delve into the catalogues and identify. Have been pleasantly surprised with outcome.
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Beware! Once you start on these, they become quite addictive.
Every stamp with letters in all four corners has an engraved plate number, which can be difficult to identify. The letters in the lower corners identify the sheet position, each sheet being of 240 stamps, 20 rows of 12, running from letters AA to TL.
This is from SG British Commonwealth catalogue
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Thank you, Dave.
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10:55:19am
"My questions pertain to Scott 43 or SG 33."
I think you have those catalog numbers reversed.
Should be Scott 33 ?
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Roy, you are correct.
Apologies for the confusion.
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Since most national catalogs include many interesting (minor ?) variants of the home nation's issues the numbers almost always diverge geometrically ( linearly ) especially from a general world wide compendium like Scott's
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06:39:08am
My questions pertain to Scott 43 or SG 33.
My reference resources are Scott 2022 and SG Concise 2011. Have also scrolled though prior SOR postings under "Europe/GB".
Does every stamp include a plate number (printed within the vertical side scrollwork)? Were any printed without such plate nbrs?
SG lists examples from Plates 71 to 225, inclusive. Were any stamps produced with plate nbrs below 71?
The stamps I am working with feature one capital letter in each of the four corners. Does this denote an individual stamp's position within a given sheet?
Thanks in advance for responding to what are likely beginner questions.
Have had a pile of 102 cards filled with late 19C GB issues sitting around for years. Finally got the urge to delve into the catalogues and identify. Have been pleasantly surprised with outcome.
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re: QV 1858-79: plate numbers and corner letters
Beware! Once you start on these, they become quite addictive.
Every stamp with letters in all four corners has an engraved plate number, which can be difficult to identify. The letters in the lower corners identify the sheet position, each sheet being of 240 stamps, 20 rows of 12, running from letters AA to TL.
This is from SG British Commonwealth catalogue
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09:33:43am
re: QV 1858-79: plate numbers and corner letters
Thank you, Dave.
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14 Apr 2023
10:55:19am
re: QV 1858-79: plate numbers and corner letters
"My questions pertain to Scott 43 or SG 33."
I think you have those catalog numbers reversed.
Should be Scott 33 ?
Roy
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11:13:32am
re: QV 1858-79: plate numbers and corner letters
Roy, you are correct.
Apologies for the confusion.
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01 May 2023
05:53:08pm
re: QV 1858-79: plate numbers and corner letters
Since most national catalogs include many interesting (minor ?) variants of the home nation's issues the numbers almost always diverge geometrically ( linearly ) especially from a general world wide compendium like Scott's
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