I was pouring through the research on Stampboards on the subject to learn more since some of the members have the book which puts the cypher around 1790. Then I came across a very interesting stamp which showcases two unique royal cypher designs on the same parchment. Check out these photos, then we will get to analyzing them.



This one says deeds, which posits it as a deeds duty and revenue embossed stamp and contains the older royal cypher.

The design is a type 1 king george 3 with inked lines, rather than the solid lines which come later on the same embossed stamps. Having a total of 4 stamps on the strip, this likely covered a large portion of transactions for the indenture.

These two are the last two stamps in the line, and cut sequentially, with one reading plate 58 set 7 and the next being plate 58 set 8, and were handcut stamps. The image below is the end of the plate at number 200. It also has 4 cutlines in the paper, illustrating the number of times the plate has been re-cut. This is a rare situation when you have the final design and the new design on the same stamp! What a find!


Strip of 4 duty and revenue blue embossed stamps from the 19th century. More research needs to be done on when the year was when the designs were switched, and this will tell us what year this stamp is from as it is missing a time stamp.

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