St. Vincent 1880-1901

Return To Catalogue - First issue of 1861 - Issues of 1902-1920 - Miscellaneous (revenues postal stationery etc.)

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Remark: Many of the stamps presented here are from the private collection of Peter C. Elias (website http://www.stvincentstamps.com ), thanks Peter for letting me use your images! All images starting with 'elias' are taken from him.

For stamps of St Vincent of the first issue of 1861, click here.

1880 Arms, Peace and Justice, large size

  5 Sh lilac
  5 Sh red
  50 c brown (1955)
  1 Dollar blue
  2 Dollar 50 blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The 5 Sh red seems to exist with overprint 'REVENUE' (I have never seen it).

Forgeries, example:

Forgeries, images obtained from Peter Elias

The 'FALSCH' inscription on the above stamps, zoom-in.

The above forgery has the inscription "FALSCH" (which means 'forgery' in german) just below the kneeling lady. This forgery also exists with the overprint "FACSIMILE". I have seen copies with the word "FACSIMILE" partly erased.

Some other primitive forgeries:

Forgeries, next to it a forgery of Barbados, probably made by the same forger.

Forgeries

(Forgery, reduced size)

1899 Queen Victoria inscription "POSTAGE REVENUE"

  1/2 p lilac and green
  1 p lilac and red
  2 1/2 p lilac and blue
  3 p lilac and green
  4 p lilac and orange
  5 p lilac and black
  6 p lilac and brown
  1 Sh green and red
  5 Sh lilac and blue

These stamps have watermark 'CA Crown' and perforation 14.

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Fiscal cancel?

For the specialist: the values 1 Sh and 5 Sh have the value shield open, the other values have the value on a lined background. Be careful with stamps of higher value, the fiscal cancellation is often removed and offered as mint stamps (or forged postal cancels are applied).

Forgeries:

The above forgeries of the 5 Sh have CA Crown watermarked paper (probably genuine paper?). The design is crude: the label with "5 s" seems to be slanting and is too small. The third forgery has a Ceylon "ULAPANE" canel. All above forgeries made by Smeets? The original design (5 c Ceylon stamp?, see below) can still be vaguely seen in the value tablet.

Smeets forgery of the 5 Sh value, made by bleaching out a 5 c Ceylon stamp (shown to the right) and reprinting the St.Vincent design. The Kurenegala (Ceylon) cancel is still present. The other forgeries shown above, might also have been made by Smeets. The original design can still be vaguely seen in the value tablet.

Forgery on bleatched out genuine paper with genuine watermark and perforation.

For issues of 1902 to 1920 click here.

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