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1971-1974 Dog and Stag definitives with watermark in photogravure by the stamp printing branch of the Irish Post Office Klein formaat zegels - small sized stamps Kamperforatie - comb perforation: 15 18/15 Drukrichting: - Direction of Printing B (naar boven . upwards) Papierrichting - direction of paper ↕, Groot formaat zegels - larger sized stamps. Kamperforatie - comb perforation: 15 30/18 Drukrichting: - Direction of Printing R] Papierrichting - direction of paper ↔, 15.02.1971 decimals Papier van Harrison&Sons, IVb, achterkant ruw, soms indents, met groeven, watermerk aan de achterkant! Papier van Harrison&Sons, IVd, achterkant glad "viltig"met indents, geen groeven, watermerk aan de achterkant! Papier van ??, : 1, 2, 2 1/2 3 1/2, 4; 5, 6, 7, 7 1/2; 10, 12
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Princestamps: The 1971 Definitives - High Values 10p - Pinkish Mauve - This stamp showed the Winged Ox on the St Luke Gospels again and there are 2 dies of this stamp, look at the underside of the Ox and the colour of the lining is the die, Die 1 is lilac and Die 2 is Brown. The stamp in my image looks brown so its a Die 2 (Although its very hard to tell). At the time of issue 10p was worth a lot more than it was a few years later and was above all the major rates. Mint copies in either Die are worth 12 each but a used copy of Die 2 is only worth 1 while the used version of Die 1 is worth as much as mint. Make sure it has a watermark as the unwatermarked stamp is worth much less. There was never a second die! The outlines are a result of two colours overlapping and the changed order in which these two colours were printed: yellow + purple gives dark purple [lavender] and purple + yellow gives brown ...... A plate block of the lavender version can be seen in: http://hibernian-news.eu/product_info.php?products_id=1253 |
