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JAMAICA
The "Laureated Head" of Queen Victoria
High values: Crown CC watermark
By 1875 the Post Office recognized the need for higher
values and both two shilling and five shilling stamps were
ordered from the printers, De La Rue & Co.
Die proofs
on glazed card
"'l:'PO"
c:. -.H HARDENING
Provenance: ex Jarvis
Imprimatur
Provenance:
ex Hemmings
On Crown CC Provenance: ex Wood
watermark paper
(ex Hemmings)
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Issued: 27 h August 1875
These values were line perforated 12Y2 with common rough or blind perforations.
2s: One printing, 5s: One printing,
28,320 stamps
7,680 stamps
pale Venetian red Venetian red lilac
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