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Overprints on Revenue Issues 1897
1897 2½d Overprint on One Shilling Revenue Issue. CA over Crown Watermark. Perf 14.
For the shilling values, a different overprint forme was used. This included Types A (21 examples per forme),
A2 (1), C (2) and D (4) as used on the pence values, but also had two new varieties (Types B and F) which appear
only once each. Only 71 panes of 60 1s stamps were overprinted, each with two impressions of the forme.
. . . .
2,982 142 142 284
Type A Type A2 Broken Large ‘2’ Type B 1 on forme Type C
21 on forme 1 on forme (BPA Certificate) 2 on forme
. . .
426 142 142
Type D Upright N Type D Italic N 1 on forme Type F
3 on forme (BPA Certificate) 1 on forme
Arrangement of forme of 30:
A A A A A A A A A2 A
A F AACCADBA
A D D DN A A A A A A
