Page 47 - BWISC 60th Anniversary Display at RPSL, November 2014
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Frame 42
ST. VINCENT
from the collection of Russell Boylan
This frame concentrates on the period 1899 onwards which Messenger et al describe as “a decade in which the
tastelessness of the Key Plate issues were to make the days of recess printing….seem a golden age ”.
This period does however provide a wonderful area for study and development. The Victorian and Edwardian
key plate types provide some fine examples of Essays, Imperium Trials, Colour Trials and Proofs for the
specialist to view and collect. Through the Crown Agents and De La Rue, St. Vincent continued to focus on the
use and development of their basic design of the monarch’s profile and the Arms of the Colony.
The King George V period showed no change in this policy. De La Rue were renowned for the quality of their
printing and the low number of errors on St. Vincent issues. The same cannot be said of the Local overprints
on Provisionals and the first War Stamp overprints.
QV Master Die Proof with blank Master Die Proof of the KEVII £1. Handpainted Essay of
value tablet and country name. the 1907– 09 6d.
This frame features:–
1899: QV Key Plates with Master Die Proof along with Imperium Trials & Duty Plate Proofs.
1899: QV Key Plate Colour Trials and One Penny Key Plate with watermark inverted in block of four.
1902: KEVII Colour Trials and local Specimens.
1909: 5s Plate block and examples of the Broken Frame variety, as previously recorded on Cayman Islands
and Sierra Leone King Edward VII issues.
1911: £1 Die Proofs including Master Die Proof of the KEVII Keyplate Type in black on glazed card overlaid
with Tracing Paper showing the colony name and value ‘£1’ handpainted in scarlet.
1911: £1 marginal block of 4 from the left pane.
1907 – 09: Arms of the Colony handpainted essays, Master Die Proofs and Local Specimens.
1913 – 21: Master Die proofs, Specimens and Colour Trials of the KGV issues.
1915: ‘ONE PENNY’ on 1s overprint errors.
1916: War Stamp from the Local Overprints showing 3rd Setting with overprint double and 1918 De La Rue
overprint with the watermark inverted in block of four.
ST. VINCENT
from the collection of Russell Boylan
This frame concentrates on the period 1899 onwards which Messenger et al describe as “a decade in which the
tastelessness of the Key Plate issues were to make the days of recess printing….seem a golden age ”.
This period does however provide a wonderful area for study and development. The Victorian and Edwardian
key plate types provide some fine examples of Essays, Imperium Trials, Colour Trials and Proofs for the
specialist to view and collect. Through the Crown Agents and De La Rue, St. Vincent continued to focus on the
use and development of their basic design of the monarch’s profile and the Arms of the Colony.
The King George V period showed no change in this policy. De La Rue were renowned for the quality of their
printing and the low number of errors on St. Vincent issues. The same cannot be said of the Local overprints
on Provisionals and the first War Stamp overprints.
QV Master Die Proof with blank Master Die Proof of the KEVII £1. Handpainted Essay of
value tablet and country name. the 1907– 09 6d.
This frame features:–
1899: QV Key Plates with Master Die Proof along with Imperium Trials & Duty Plate Proofs.
1899: QV Key Plate Colour Trials and One Penny Key Plate with watermark inverted in block of four.
1902: KEVII Colour Trials and local Specimens.
1909: 5s Plate block and examples of the Broken Frame variety, as previously recorded on Cayman Islands
and Sierra Leone King Edward VII issues.
1911: £1 Die Proofs including Master Die Proof of the KEVII Keyplate Type in black on glazed card overlaid
with Tracing Paper showing the colony name and value ‘£1’ handpainted in scarlet.
1911: £1 marginal block of 4 from the left pane.
1907 – 09: Arms of the Colony handpainted essays, Master Die Proofs and Local Specimens.
1913 – 21: Master Die proofs, Specimens and Colour Trials of the KGV issues.
1915: ‘ONE PENNY’ on 1s overprint errors.
1916: War Stamp from the Local Overprints showing 3rd Setting with overprint double and 1918 De La Rue
overprint with the watermark inverted in block of four.
