Britian 1881 Inland Revenue Stamps.

Hi guys...Can you look at these 3 stamps..2 have a definite crown watermark...stamp #1 and stamp #2...But can you see a crown watermark in stamp #3...Thanks.
Robert

Your "no crown" penny lilac would need to be soaked a while as it appears to have backing paper still attached.
There IS a no watermark variety of your Die 2 (16 dots) stamp but Gibbons does not list a price for a USED stamp... from that you can gather it would be extremely rare to say the least and never reaches the market to get an indication of a price.#
Your stamps are the first of the Unified Issue to appear in 1881 and around 33 billion were printed in all. If they were to be laid end to end around the world they would pass your house 16 times. They were also the ONLY stamps to have "Postage and Inland Revenue" on them.

There is a 'clear' crown on the first stamp, at least on my monitor. It is on the left side, in the middle. There is a dark spot visible, I can see the top of the crown in it.

Peter

Ok...soaking as we speak...

Ok scotzm...Soaked it and there IS a crown watermark...

wert

The round-the-world cruise is off then ...

Geoff

GeoffHa........haha

"a" before "i" in BRITAIN always.