COGH 1880 3d Surcharge in Black
From Stamps of the World
- Date of Issue : 1880 August
- Design : Seated Hope by Charles Bell
- Overprinted by : Saul Solomon & Co - Cape Town
- Watermark : Crown over CC
- Perforation: 14
- Colour : Pale Dull Rose
- Catalogue N°s Michel 21I-II, Yvert 25I-II, SG 37-38
The 3 pence of 1880 was overprinted in black for easier identification, it is thus not a surcharge.
Contents
Stamps
Wide 3
Narrow 3
Varieties
- Wide - Inverted Surcharge SG37a
- Thin- Inverted Surcharge SG38a
- Thin - Inverted Watermark
- Wide - Horizontal pair with one stamp without surcharge
- Combination - Vertical Pair showing both wide and thin surcharge
- Combination - Strip of Three, Top Stamp - Wide Surchage, Middle Stamp - No Surcharge, Bottom Stamp - Thin Surcharge