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The First Victorian Keyplate 1872 to 1896
1875 New Halfpenny Value.
On 16 September 1872, an inland newspaper service was introduced that cost ½d per paper. Unfortunately,
no stamps were available to prepay this rate.
The situation was rectified in 1875 when a new HALF PENNY duty die was ordered. The following three
items are from the De La Rue archive, which held the proofs and trials associated with this issue.
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Proof of HALF PENNY
master die
CANCELLED CANCELLED
Type D4 Type D6
(RPSL Certificate)
Fewer than ten copies of the CC watermarked ½d brown stamps are known with an inverted watermark.
Crown CC Watermark Inverted Crown CC Watermark
Only recorded block
Block clearly showing line perforation (RPSL Certificate)
