Part 8

+---------------+-----+-------------------------+---------------- NUMBER| | | | OF | | | | ISSUE.| DATE OF ISSUE.| WMK.| DENOMINATION AND COLOUR.| PERFORATION. ------+---------------+-----+-------------------------+-----+-----+---- 1 | May 1861 |None.|1d., bright rose-red |A. | | | | |6d., blue-green |A. | | 2 | 1862 |None.|6d., yellow-green |C. | | 3 | 1863-1866 |None.|1d., bright rose-red | |B. |B×A. | | |6d., blue-green | |B. | 4 | August 1866 |None.|4d., deep bright blue | |B. | | | |1s., dark slate-grey |A. | |B×A. | | |1s., greyish-purple |A. | |B×A. 5 | April 1869 |None.|1s., indigo | |B. | 6 | October 1869 |None.|4d., deep bright yellow | |B. | | | |1s., bright brown | |B. | 7 | June 1871 |Star.|1d., black |A. | |B×A. | | |6d., dull blue-green |A. | | | | |6d., dark blue-green |A.[6]| | 8 | June 1872 |Star.|1s., bright rose-red | |B. |B×A. | | |1s., deep rose-red | |B. | ? | | |1s., dull red | |B. | ? 9 | Early in 1874 |Star.|1s., pale violet-rose | |B. |B×A. 10 | 1875 |Star.|1s., dark claret | |B. | 11 | February 1877 |Star.|6d., pale yellow-green |A. | |B×A. | | |1s., bright vermilion-red| |B.[7]|B×A. 12 | July 1877 |Star.|4d., dark deep blue | |B. | 14 | June 1880 |Star.|1d., pale grey-green | |B. | | | |6d., bright yellow-green | |B.[8]| | | |5s., deep rose-red | |B. | 18 | December 1881 |Star.|½d., orange-yellow | |B. | | | |1d., drab | |B. | | | |4d., bright ultramarine | |B. | ------+---------------+-----+-------------------------+-----+-----+----

[6] This stamp was used for making the provisional One Penny of Issue 13.

[7] This stamp was used for making the provisional Four Pence of Issue 16.

[8] This stamp was used for making the provisional Halfpenny of Issue 15, and the provisional One Penny of Issue 17.

APPENDIX C.

Table of perforations of stamps printed by Messrs. De La Rue and Co. 1883 to 1893.

+--------------+-----------+--------------------------+-------- NO. OF| | | | ISSUE.|DATE OF ISSUE.| WATERMARK.| DENOMINATION AND COLOUR. | PERF. ------+--------------+-----------+--------------------------+----+--- 19 |January 1883 |Crown “CA.”|1d., drab | |14* | | ” |4d., bright blue | |14† 20 |February 1883 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., | | | | | rosy-lake[9] | |14* 21 |October 1883 | ” |4d., dull blue | 12 | | | ” |6d., bright green | 12 | | | ” |1s., orange-vermilion | 12 | 22 |September 1884| ” |½d., dark green | 12 | | | ” |½ d., orange-yellow | | | | | (variety, never issued) | 12 | | | ” |4d., ultramarine | 12 | 24 |April 1885 | ” |½d., dark green | |14† | | ” |1d., carmine | |14† | | ” |4d., red-brown | |14† 25 |June 1886 | ” |1d., pink | |14† | | ” |1d., rosy-lake | |14† | | ” |4d., purple-brown | |14† | | ” |4d., lake-brown[10] | |14† 26 |October 1888 | ” |6d., dark lilac | |14* | | ” |5s., lake | |14† 27 |August 1889 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., | | | | | milky-blue | |14* 29 |Nov. 1890-91 | ” |“2½ Pence” on 1d., bright | | | | | blue | |14† | | ” |6d., pale red-lilac | |14† | | ” |6d., deep red-lilac | |14† | | ” |1s., vermilion-red | |14† 31 |March 1893 | ” |4d., canary-yellow | |14† | | |“Five Pence” on 6d., dull | | | | | carmine | |14† | | |“Five Pence” on 6d., | | | | | carmine-brown | |14† ------+--------------+-----------+--------------------------+----+---

* Comb-machine. † Guillotine-machine.

[9] This stamp was used for making the provisional One Penny of Issue 23.

[10] This stamp was used for making the provisional Two Pence Halfpenny of Issue 28, and the provisional Five Pence of Issue 30.

APPENDIX D.

List of Stamps printed for the Colony of Saint Vincent by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. from 1861 to 1881.

+--------------------+--------------------------- DATE OF DESPATCH. | DENOMINATION AND | QUANTITY. | COLOUR | --------------------+--------------------+--------------------------- March 27th, 1861 | 1d., red | 934 sheets, 56,040 stamps. | 6d., green | 167 ” 10,020 ” July 22nd, 1862 | 1d., red | 467 ” 28,020 ” | 6d., green | 167 ” 10,020 ” May 28th, 1863 | 1d., red | 467 ” 28,020 ” | 6d., green | 668 ” 40,080 ” March 1st, 1865 | 1d., red | 467 ” 28,020 ” | 6d., green | 167 ” 10,020 ” March 14th, 1866 | 1d., red | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 6d., green | 500 ” 30,000 ” July 28th, 1866 | 4d., blue | 500 ” 15,000 ” | 1s., purple | 500 ” 15,000 ” June 15th, 1868 | 1d., red | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 6d., green | 300 ” 18,000 ” February 27th, 1869 | 1s., purple | 300 ” 9,000 ” August 13th, 1869 | 4d., yellow | 300 ” 9,000 ” | 1s., brown | 300 ” 9,000 ” February 14th, 1870 | 1d., red | 300 ” 18,000 ” March 28th, 1871 | 1d., black | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 6d., green | 300 ” 18,000 ” January 5th, 1872 | 1d., black | 300 ” 18,000 ” April 13th, 1872 | 1s., pink | 300 ” 9,000 ” October 28th, 1872 | 1d., black | 600 ” 36,000 ” July 28th, 1873 | 1d., black | 600 ” 36,000 ” | 6d., green | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 1s., pink | 300 ” 9,000 ” August 15th, 1874 | 1d., black | 600 ” 36,000 ” March 27th, 1875 | 1d., black | 600 ” 36,000 ” | 6d., green | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 1s., pink | 300 ” 9,000 ” February 28th, 1876 | 1d., black |1000 ” 60,000 ” December 30th, 1876 | 6d., light green | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 1s., scarlet | 300 ” 9,000 ” May 29th, 1877 | 1d., black |1000 ” 60,000 ” | 4d., dark blue | 200 ” 6,000 ” August 28th, 1878 | 1d., black |1000 ” 60,000 ” | 6d., light green | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 1s., scarlet | 300 ” 9,000 ” May 13th, 1880 | 1d., pale green |1000 ” 60,000 ” | 6d., green | 300 ” 18,000 ” | 1s., bright red | 300 ” 9,000 ” | 5s., pink | 100 ” 2,000 ” November 16th, 1881 | ½d., light orange |1000 ” 60,000 ” | 1d., slate |1000 ” 60,000 ” | 4d., light blue | 500 ” 15,000 ” --------------------+--------------------+---------------------------

NOTE.—The colours in the above list are those given in the printers’ books. The list will be found of the greatest assistance to philatelists in helping them to determine the relative rarity of the stamps of Section I. It must, however, be borne in mind that at least two other factors enter into this problem. These are the number of stamps that were surcharged “Revenue” for fiscal purposes, and also the number of unused stamps that were stocked by the dealers at the time of their issue. Take for instance the Four Pence of 1866 and the Four Pence of 1877, of which the numbers printed were 15,000 and 6,000 respectively. Theoretically speaking, the latter should be 2½ times as rare as the former, but in reality it is much more so. The earlier one was stocked by the dealers, and is no rarer unused than used. The later stamp unused is at least ten times as rare as the first Four Pence in the same state, although the relative rarity of the two stamps when used is, roughly speaking, in proportion to the quantity printed of each.