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Diadem Issue ink recipes and trial color proofs
Object Details
- Description
- These color proofs come with handwritten ink recipes explaining the pigments needed to obtain the desired colors for the 1854-55 Diadem Issue of New South Wales. The stamp, which shows Queen Victoria wearing a diadem, was printed in the colony using plates and pigments sent from England.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1853
- Object number
- 0.217932.25.1
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 9 1/16 x 4 3/16 in. (23 x 10.7 cm)
- Place
- New South Wales (British colony; Australian state)
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 23TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 24TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 25TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 26TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 27TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 28TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 29TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 30TC
- Scott Catalogue New South Wales 31TC
- Topic
- International Stamps & Mail
- Record ID
- npm_0.217932.25.1
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