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The Sixpence Stamp 1859 to 1895
1865 Second Printing. No Watermark. Comb Perf 14 with wing margins at edges of panes.
The initial supply of stamps lasted the colony over five years, when a further order was made. This second
printing was in grey-lilac, much paler than the original stamps.
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Cancelled Type D4 Specimen Type D5 Specimen Type D5
Black Blue
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23 Aug 1865 Mis-perforated
25,680
Freetown to Donegal, Ireland. Dated PAID-AT-SIERRA-LEONE (11 Dec 1871), Liverpool (29 Dec 1871) and Derry (31 Dec 1871)
The grey-lilac adhesive from the second printing pays the half-ounce letter rate to the UK. The manuscript 5
represents the 5d credit to the British post office. Examples from this printing on cover are scarce.
