COGH 1880 3d Surcharge in Black

• 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.

Stamps

Wide 3

Wide Surcharge unused

Used with lozange lines. SG37

Pale dull rose, barred oval 4

Narrow 3

Thin Surcharge

Used with plume SG38

Oval 3 SG38

Varieties

• Wide - Inverted Surcharge SG37a
• Thin- Inverted Surcharge SG38a

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• 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

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