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Queen Victoria - Different Watermark issue, Mauritius, 1891

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1891

Issuing entity

Mauritius

The Queen Victoria - Different Watermark issue is a single postage stamp released by Mauritius in 1891. The StampWorld catalogue lists 1 stamp in the issue (StampWorld number 91).

Values and colours recorded for the issue: 8C blue. Perforation: 14. Watermark: 2. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
2
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
1

Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.

Physical characteristics

Perforation
14
Watermark (StampWorld type no.)
2

Design

Values and colours
8C blue

Identification

Distinguishing features
Value, colour and perforation together
Catalogue numbers to match
StampWorld 91

Catalogue references

  • StampWorld91

Research required

  • Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.
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