Transferring a bunch of british colonies from old album to stock book and caught these 3 sideways watermarks. Didn't see any mention in Scotts so I'm guessing they are not overly uncommon but how common are they?
The SG (2012 1840-1970 Commonwealth catalogue) mentions that the 1/2 d wmk from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands is found sideways only. The Jamaican 2 d and 2 1/2 d same thing.
well that surely explains things! Of all the rightside up watermarks I looked at the couple I find different are supposed to be different. Still gotta love the engraving work.
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Posted 10/06/2011 4:21 pm
