The 1+1⁄2d stamp was line engraved and featured the bust of Queen Victoria in profile common to the Penny Black and Penny Red, bordered by 'Postage Three Half Pence' and numbered in the corners. It was printed in rose-red and lake-red colours. There is also rare variation in rosy-mauve produced ten years earlier in 1860 in anticipation of a change in postal rates. The new rate was not approved and 10,000 sheets of the stamps were destroyed in 1867 but a few copies survive in unused condition.
The plates were numbered 1 and 3, plate 2 was defective and not completed. For plate 3 only, a plate number was engraved in the design, in the left and right side lacework.
The stamp was replaced in 1880 by the surface printed three halfpenny venetian red stamp.
three, halfpence, first, issued, october, 1870, first, three, halfpenny, postage, stamp, issued, united, kingdom, country, productionunited, kingdomdate, productionoctober, 1870, 1870, 1880, 1880, depictsqueen, victoriaface, value1, imprimatur, 1870, rose, thr. The Three Halfpence Red first issued on 1 October 1870 was the first Three Halfpenny postage stamp issued in the United Kingdom Three Halfpence RedCountry of productionUnited KingdomDate of productionOctober 1 1870 1870 10 01 1880 1880 DepictsQueen VictoriaFace value1 1 2 dAn imprimatur of the 1870 rose red three halfpence stamp from Plate 3 In the collection of the British Postal Museum and Archive 1 The 1 1 2 d stamp was line engraved and featured the bust of Queen Victoria in profile common to the Penny Black and Penny Red bordered by Postage Three Half Pence and numbered in the corners It was printed in rose red and lake red colours There is also rare variation in rosy mauve produced ten years earlier in 1860 in anticipation of a change in postal rates The new rate was not approved and 10 000 sheets of the stamps were destroyed in 1867 but a few copies survive in unused condition The plates were numbered 1 and 3 plate 2 was defective and not completed For plate 3 only a plate number was engraved in the design in the left and right side lacework The stamp was replaced in 1880 by the surface printed three halfpenny venetian red stamp See also editList of British postage stamps Postage stamps and postal history of Great BritainReferences and sources editReferences Phillips Collection Vol XXIX p 41 British Postal Museum amp Archive finding ref POST 141 29 SourcesStanley Gibbons Ltd Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 1 Queen Victoria Three Halfpence at pennyreds Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Three Halfpence Red amp oldid 1184989010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
