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Queen Victoria - Embossed

In 1847, The Embossed octagonal stamps were produced to meet the higher foreign postage charges, and also the charge for registration. The design was the work of  William Wyon, and they were printed at Somerset House. In the embossing process the colourless part of the design is forced up from behind by a counterpart of the die, and appears in high relief on a coloured background. The stamps were struck separately in rows on sheets, which resulted in irregular spacing on paper previously gummed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. These stamps were not popular and were replaced in 1855 by the surface printed stamps when the European postage rate was reduced to 4d.

1847 - 1854 EMBOSSED ISSUES

SG 55 1854 1s Green Embossed. A very fine used example, 3 clear margins, just touching on right side. London "26" Inland cancellation. Lovely original colour and embossing. Order: 5350 - £145.00	SG 55 1854 1s Green Embossed. An very fine and large used example with 4 enormous margins, struck by London "27" Inland cancellation. Order: 5351 - £375.00
SG 55 1848/50 1s Green Embossed. A fine used close to large 4 margin example, tied by 498 Liverpool cancel on full folded letter-sheet to New York. Manchester town cancel in RED next to Liverpool town in BLUE/GREEN, both dated Feb 8 1850 on the reverse, plus a small oval in black for the same day. Indistinctive red receiving on the front for 25 Feb, along with a 5 cent extra charge, and a "24" which cancels the stamp, also in red. Long correspondence inside. An interesting item. Order: 4022 - £195.00
SG 56 1854 1s Deep Green Embossed. A superb used 4 margin example, in a lovely deep green shade, lightly struck by Liverpool 466 cancellation. Clear sharp embossing. Difficult so fine and very attractive. Order: 5349 - £450.00
SG 57 1854 10d Deep Brown Embossed. A very fine used example in deep shade with 4 clear to good margins around. Light London Inland cancellation. Order: 5353 - £295.00	SG 57 1854 10d Brown Embossed. A very fine used example with mostly large margins all around, cancelled by "4998" of Manchester and part red continental marking. Most attractive. Order: 5352 - £335.00
SG 57 1848/54 10d Brown Embossed. A fine used example with 3 clear margins, bottom just touching, cancelled by the RARE Litchfield 457 numeral. Parmenter rarity "F". Fine embossing, very fresh. Order: 4546 - £175.00	SG 57 1848/54 10d Brown Embossed. Fine used 4 margin example, just clear at the top, to large around. 1844 cancel, good embossing. Order: 4023 - £335.00 - SOLD
SG 58/60 1854 6d shade trio. A fine/very fine used example of each of the listed colours, SG58 Mauve, SG59 Dull Lilac, SG60 Purple, all in very distinctive examples of the shades. Difficult to assemble, a very useful lot. Order: 5354 - £495.00

| Queen Victoria | Line Engraved | Embossed | Surface Printed |