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BRITISH GUIANA – THE DE LA RUE ISSUES
from the collection of Peter Ford, FRPSL
Die proof of the vignette.
Proof of the key design. Block of 12 of the 2 cents showing both Plate and Current numbers.
De La Rue took over the printing of British Guiana stamps in 1876. They retained the basic design of the
sailing ship motif used by Waterlow and employed a Key and Duty plate method of production. Two more
different designs were used in the period up to 1934 when again British Guiana reverted to Waterlow for their
stamp production.
The items shown include:–
1876: Two cut-down Die Proofs, one of the vignette and the other with the complete key design with a blank
duty tablet both on glazed card and mounted in sunken card frame.
1876: A positional block of 12 of the 2 cents, showing the relative positions of the Plate No. ‘1’ and Current
No. ‘1’.
22 March 1880: Entire to Suriname franked with four 2 cents and showing the scarce ‘American’ Type 2
‘BLAIRMONT’ cds.
1898: Examples of the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee pictorial issue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ (Samuel D12).
1910: Die Proofs from the redrawn die of the 2 cents wherein the printing was carried out in one operation.
1913 – 21 and 1921 – 27: Plate blocks many of which also show the sheet numbers.
BRITISH GUIANA – THE DE LA RUE ISSUES
from the collection of Peter Ford, FRPSL
Die proof of the vignette.
Proof of the key design. Block of 12 of the 2 cents showing both Plate and Current numbers.
De La Rue took over the printing of British Guiana stamps in 1876. They retained the basic design of the
sailing ship motif used by Waterlow and employed a Key and Duty plate method of production. Two more
different designs were used in the period up to 1934 when again British Guiana reverted to Waterlow for their
stamp production.
The items shown include:–
1876: Two cut-down Die Proofs, one of the vignette and the other with the complete key design with a blank
duty tablet both on glazed card and mounted in sunken card frame.
1876: A positional block of 12 of the 2 cents, showing the relative positions of the Plate No. ‘1’ and Current
No. ‘1’.
22 March 1880: Entire to Suriname franked with four 2 cents and showing the scarce ‘American’ Type 2
‘BLAIRMONT’ cds.
1898: Examples of the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee pictorial issue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ (Samuel D12).
1910: Die Proofs from the redrawn die of the 2 cents wherein the printing was carried out in one operation.
1913 – 21 and 1921 – 27: Plate blocks many of which also show the sheet numbers.
