NATAL (South Africa) 1857-1895

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1857 Embossed stamps, crown, on coloured paper, imperforated

3 pence 3 pence 3 pence 6 p green 1 Sh

(Reduced sizes, The embossed stamps are very badly visible)

  3 p red paper
  6 p green paper
  9 p blue paper
  1 Sh brown paper

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
3 p	RRR	RRR
6 p	RRR	RRR
9 p	RRR	RRR
1 Sh	RRR	RRR

Reprints seem to exist.

1859 Embossed stamps on coloured paper, crown in a rectangle, imperforated

  1 p red paper
  1 p brown paper
  1 p blue paper

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
All values	RRR	RRR

Similar fiscal stamp

1 p yellow paper (perforated or imperforated)

Reprints seem to exist.

(I've been told that this is a forgery)

Some primitive forgeries:

Forgeries printed with colour instead of embossing! They often appear with a "N.T." cancel. I've also seen the 1 p red in the above shown design with a numeral "A01" cancel.

1859 Queen Victoria

  1 p red
  3 p blue
  6 p violet

For the specialist: these stamps were first issued without watermark in 1859 (all values). The 1 p exists with watermark 'star' (issued 1862). The 1 p and 6 p were issued with watermark 'CC crown' in 1864. I have seen an imperforate stamps of the 3 p value (however, I have also seen forged imperforate stamps of the 1 p and 3 p values, made from genuine stamps, with attached new borders!).

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
No watermark (1859)
1 p	RR	RR
3 p	RR	***
6 p	RR	R
Watermark 'Star' (1862)
1 p	RR	R
Watermark CC Crown, perforated 12 1/2 (1864)
1 p	RR	R
6 p	R	***

Stamps in other colours are fiscal stamps.

(6 p red and 1 p yellow fiscal stamps)

Forgeries:

First forgery of Album Weeds
Forgeries with a very peculiar cancel. Next to it similar forgeries from Grenada, Bahamas and Queensland.

Forgeries, the Queen has a dot on her forehead. Next to it a similar forgery from Grenada and Bahamas. They might have been made by Oneglia.

A forgery of Queensland, probably made by the same forger (note that the same type of cancel is used as on one of the 3 p forgeries shown above)

Forgeries with a slightly different facial expression, probably of Italian origin (Oneglia?)

Part of the page from the Fournier Album (reduced size)

Fournier forgery

In 'The Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries' a 6 p forgery can be found (imperforate) sold by Fournier. Apparently this forgery was not made by him, the text reads: 'Faux fabriques en Italie en 1920-1921 par la Maison V.E.U. à Gênes par un nouveau procédé' (forgeries made in Italy in 1920-21 by the house of V.E.U. in Genova with a new technique. So these forgeries were produced after Fournier had died.

Probably another forgery.

1867 Queen Victoria, facing the left

  1 Sh green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark CC Crown, perforated 14 (1867)
1 Sh	RR	R

Stamps in other colours are fiscal stamps.

(1 Sh lilac fiscal stamp)

1869-1895 Queen Victoria issues of 1859 and 1867 surcharged 'POSTAGE' or 'Postage'

3 p blue "POSTAGE" 6 p violet 1 Sh green, 1876 overprint

"POSTAGE" or "Postage" horizontally:
  1 p red (7 types of overprint)
  1 p yellow
  3 p blue (5 types of overprint)
  6 p lilac (6 types of overprint)
  1 Sh green (6 types of overprint)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p red	RR	RR	'POSTAGE.' (1869)
1 p red	RRR	RR	'POSTAGE' (tall and no dot, 1869)
1 p red	RRR	RR	'Postage' (12 mm, 13 mm or 14 mm, 1869)
1 p red	RR	RR	'POSTAGE' smaller (1876)
1 p red	RR	RR	'POSTAGE' larger (1876)
1 p yellow	RR	RR	'POSTAGE' larger (1876)
3 p	RR tp RRR	RR to RRR	All types
6 p	RR to RRR	R to RRR	All types issued in 1869
6 p	RR	***	'POSTAGE' larger (1876)
1 Sh	RR to RRR	RR to RRR	All types issued in 1869
1 Sh	RR	***	'POSTAGE' larger (1876)

"POSTAGE" curved:

1 Sh green

  1 Sh green ("POSTAGE" in green, red or black)
  1 Sh yellow ("POSTAGE" in red)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 Sh green	RR	R	Overprint in red or black: RRR
1 Sh yellow	***	**

"POSTAGE" twice and vertically

1 p red 3 p blue (red overprint)

  1 p red (2 types of overprint)
  3 p blue (red overprint)
  6 p lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p red	RR	***	"POSTAGE" large
1 p red	RR	RR	"POSTAGE" small
3 p	RR	R
6 p	RR	RR

"POSTAGE" once, vertically:

  1 Sh lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 Sh	RR	RR

"POSTAGE" and value

  'Half-Penny' on 1 p yellow
  'Half Penny' on 6 p violet
  'One Penny' on 6 p violet
  'One Penny' on 6 p red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1/2 p on 1 p	R	R	1877
1/2 p on 6 p	**	**	1895
1 p on 6 p violet	R	R	1877
1 p on 6 p red	RR	RR	1877

The "Postage" overprints were made to remove the confusion between fiscal and postage stamps among the public.

Forged stamps with forged overprints (made by Oneglia?). Note the impressed watermark.