Page 13 - Sierra Leone to 1961 - The Collection

The Sixpence Stamp 1859 to 1895

1889 Ninth Printing. Crown CC Watermark. Line Perf 14.

Complete panes can be found from the final tenth printing, but examples from this ninth printing are scarce.
No panes of issued stamps are known from any of the earlier eight printings. The marginal markings show
that this is Pane 3 from the top right-hand corner of the sheet.

Interpane gutter block
with part marginal inscription

Pane 3 showing Plate Number 1

A new perforating method was introduced by De La Rue for the ninth and tenth printings. Although still line
perf 14, the gutters were now perforated on each side, thus eliminating wing margined stamps.