Great Britain Surface Printed Postage Stamps 1855-1883
Low values 2½d to 2s
Robert B. Galland and Karl Louis

Profusely illustrated, largely in full colour, this major new work documents the first surface printed stamps of Great Britain; the essays, trials and proofs; the issued stamps; and their use by reference to rates to the relevant overseas countries and examples on cover.
CONTENTS
- Introduction
- The printing plate
- Die proofs
- Black and white die proofs
- Die proofs of December 1866
- Coloured die proofs
- Plate proofs
- Sheet markings
- Paper
- Perforation
- Ink
- Gum
- Specimen stamps
- Post Office Circulars
- Imperforate stamps
- Imprimatur sheets
- Stamps removed from the imprimatur sheets
- Before and After the Stamp Committee Albums
- Abnormals
- Protective Underprints and Overprints
- Government Mail and Departmental Official Issues
- No Corner Letters 1855-1862 4d, 6d, 1s values
- Small White Corner Letters 1862-1865 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d, 1s values
- Large White Corner Letters 1865-1872 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d, 1s values
- Large White Corner Letters 1867-1883 10d, 2s values
- Change from Large White to Large Coloured Corner Letters
- Die proofs with pencilled numbers
- 'Old', 'New' and associated designs
- Large Coloured Corner Letters 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, 9d, 10d, 1s, 2s values
- The Provisional Issue of 1880 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 1s values
- Unification and the Temporary Unified Issue 3d, 6d, 1s values
- Check-Lists
- References
Hardbound, xii + 236 + A16 pages, size 8½ x 11 in. Published 2009. Price £60 (GBPS members £54). ISBN 978-0-907630-21-0.
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