PRINTING PLATE, Revenue Penny Value No 2 1903

H1991.197

Rectangular copper printing plate for one penny revenue stamps. This is Plate no 2 which replaced Plate no 1, both soon after recalled from London to be done locally. Distinctive feature: Jubilee Lines, introduced in 1887 (Queen Victoria's Jubilee). Two panes of 60 stamps would be printed from it. 'WESTERN AUSTRALIA (swan) INTERNAL REVENUE'.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H1991.197
Accession Date: 22 Nov 1991

Material

Copper/Metal0 - Whole

Measurement

length540mm
width265mm

 

 

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