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1872 Issue Introduction

Commencing in November, 1871 stamp production for Antigua stamps was taken over by De La Rue & Company. The stamps were printed on paper watermarked with Crown CC and line perforated 12.5. The printing was performed using the same plates that had been prepared by Perkins, Bacon & Company.

Specimens section includes the information of the Specimen overprints. The Issued Stamps sections shows mint and used examples. The Covers section includes usages of the various printings on cover. For constant plate varieties, see link on top navigation bar. 

Watermark varieties are treated on a single page which can be found here: 
Watermark Varieties


The 1872 Issue

72mint1.jpg (18607 bytes) 1d lake
1d scarlet

watermarked Crown CC,  perforated 12.5

72mint6.jpg (21728 bytes) 6d blue-green

watermarked Crown CC,  perforated 12.5


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