Chapter IX: Appendix: C

Table of perforations of stamps printed by Messrs. De La Rue and Co. 1883 to 1893.

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NO. OF| | | |
ISSUE.|DATE OF ISSUE.| WATERMARK.| DENOMINATION AND COLOUR. | PERF.
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19 |January 1883 |Crown “CA.”|1d., drab | |14*
| | ” |4d., bright blue | |14†
20 |February 1883 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., | |
| | | rosy-lake[9] | |14*
21 |October 1883 | ” |4d., dull blue | 12 |
| | ” |6d., bright green | 12 |
| | ” |1s., orange-vermilion | 12 |
22 |September 1884| ” |½d., dark green | 12 |
| | ” |½ d., orange-yellow | |
| | | (variety, never issued) | 12 |
| | ” |4d., ultramarine | 12 |
24 |April 1885 | ” |½d., dark green | |14†
| | ” |1d., carmine | |14†
| | ” |4d., red-brown | |14†
25 |June 1886 | ” |1d., pink | |14†
| | ” |1d., rosy-lake | |14†
| | ” |4d., purple-brown | |14†
| | ” |4d., lake-brown[10] | |14†
26 |October 1888 | ” |6d., dark lilac | |14*
| | ” |5s., lake | |14†
27 |August 1889 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., | |
| | | milky-blue | |14*
29 |Nov. 1890-91 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., bright | |
| | | blue | |14†
| | ” |6d., pale red-lilac | |14†
| | ” |6d., deep red-lilac | |14†
| | ” |1s., vermilion-red | |14†
31 |March 1893 | ” |4d., canary-yellow | |14†
| | |“Five Pence” on 6d., dull | |
| | | carmine | |14†
| | |“Five Pence” on 6d., | |
| | | carmine-brown | |14†
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* Comb-machine. † Guillotine-machine.

[9] This stamp was used for making the provisional One Penny of Issue 23.

[10] This stamp was used for making the provisional Two Pence Halfpenny of Issue 28, and the provisional Five Pence of Issue 30.