1887 2 1/2d Purple on Blue Marginal Settings

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Setting 1A

No rules, 120-set issue, no unbroken interpane pieces

Setting 1, marginal block of four with Specimen type 9 overprint, ex “Aureum”

Setting 1B

As 1A but with two perforation dots in the interpane margin, one under the 6/7 perforation gutter of row 10 and the other over the same gutter of row 11, printing 16. The example below is one of only two items I have seen, with the other being an Army Official lower right corner marginal strip of six (illustrated in “The Overprinter”, 2019, vol.3, p.76).

Setting 1B, showing the perforation dot under stamp 6

Setting 1C

As 1A but 240-set with unbroken interpane, printing 18

Setting 2A

With marginal rules, 120-set issue with no unbroken interpane pieces

Setting 2B

As 2A but 240-set

Setting 3

With rules and interpane ladders, only issued 240-set

Setting 3 showing interpane ladders
Setting 3 showing interpane ladders and pinning dot at left, ex “Aureum”
Plate 6a, with cut under 1st stamp
Plate 7a, with cut under 2nd stamp

Plate 8a has a cut under 4th stamp and plate 9 has a cut under the 3rd stamp.