BLUE OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk 2d red-orange horizontal strip of 3, rouletting on all sides & between the units, GPO cds of AP8/68. Rated C+. A very scarce multiple. [Date range 2.10.1868 to 10.3.1870]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk 2d red-orange block of 6 (2x3), rouletting except at left where cut from the sheet just into the first & third units, minor blemishes, GPO cds of NO11/69. Rated C+. A rare multiple.
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d bright red-orange horizontal pair, rouletting at right - and possibly at the top (?) - otherwise Imperforate with the design a bit cut-into at left otherwise superb, GPO cds of AP7/69. Rated RRRR. The 'Besancon' pair sold for SFr1090 & Gary Diffen's two pairs - stated four known - sold for £1200 & £960 respectively. [Date range 11.3.1869 to 24.11.1869]
BLUE OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d bright red-orange Printed on Both Sides horizontal pair, rouletting on all sides & between with a couple of irregular protrusions outside the rouletting, GPO cds of JU3/69. Rated RRRR+: unrecorded unused. An extremely rare & desirable multiple. Ex Rev James Mursell and Colonel Harry Napier (III). RPSofL Certificate (1965). The 'Besancon' single sold for SFr845 & Gary Diffen's single sold for £720. [Date range 29.4.1869 to 10.6.1869 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 2d pale red-orange with the Watermark Reversed, a bit aged, GPO cds of AU26/69. Grossly underrated at R. [Date range 19.8.1869 to 16.9.1869 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 2d pale red-orange with the Watermark Reversed horizontal pair from the left of the sheet with vertical marginal watermark line, cut from the sheet clear of the design at left, GPO cds of SP16/69. Rated S+.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d red-orange, a few trimmed roulettes at right otherwise superb, very fine GPO cds of OC27/70. Rated RR: unrecorded unused. [Date range 7.7.1870 to 27.10.1870 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange, rounded corner at upper-left, unused. Unrecorded unused by Ron Butler & only a pair also recorded so it should be rated RRRRR. The 'Besancon' mint pair sold for SFr4600.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d deep dull red-orange from the left of the right-hand pane with wing-margin at left, tied by GPO cds of SP9/73 to OHMS cover without imprint, to "J Keynes Esq JP/Keyneton" with '...TOWN' transit b/s & very fine 'KEYNETON' arrival cds both of the next day, light spotting. The only 'P.' cover in Anthony Presgrave's Census. Considering that several of the 'P.' overprints, including this issue, are among the commonest of the entire series, that is quite remarkable.
Joseph Keynes, an English farmer, settled in the Eden Valley in 1842. Keyneton was named after him.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue V/Crown Wmk Perf 10 2d deep red-orange horizontal pair from the base of the sheet with the Watermark Reversed & Watermark Letters 'STAG' Only, GPO cds of MR14/72. Superb. Rated C+. A most unusual variety & a rare multiple.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue V/Crown Wmk Perf 10 2d deep red-orange block of 4, some perf reinforcing, 'PENOLA' cds of AP2/72. Rated C+. A very scarce multiple. [Date range 1.4.1869 to 2.4.1872]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Rouletted 2d red-orange Printed on Both Sides, very fine GPO cds of SP28/70. Superb. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. Superior to Gary Diffen's example that sold for £480. [Date range 28.9.1870 to 29.12.1870 only]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10xRouletted 2d red-orange pair Imperforate Between, very fine GPO cds of OC27/70. Superb. Rated RRRR: unrecorded unused. Ex Colonel Harry Napier (III).
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Perf 10 2d red-orange pair Imperforate Between from the left of the sheet with marginal vertical watermark line at left, one short perf at lower-left otherwise superb, GPO cds of OC13/70. Rated RRRRR: unrecorded unused.
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on De La Rue Crown/SA Wmk Regular Compound Perf 11½-12½x10 2d brown-orange pair from the left of the sheet with Double Overprint on the Right-Hand Unit, minor crease in the margin only at upper-left, the variety unit with a couple of insignificant toned perf-tips otherwise superb, very fine GPO cds of DE31/73. Rated RRR+: unrecorded unused. Ex Rev James Mursell and Colonel Harry Napier (III). Gary Diffen's almost identical pair sold for £1920. [Several such pairs have been recorded, all of the same date]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on Rouletted 6d dull blue, rouletting on three sides and cut from the sheet at right to preserve the design & clear of the design at the top, small stain at upper-left, GPO cds of OC12/68. Rated RRR: unrecorded unused. The 'Tamiami' example sold for $203. [Date range 12.10.1868 to 16.8.1871]
BLACK OVERPRINT: 'P.' on Perf 11½-12½xRouletted 1/- bright red-brown, cut from the sheet to preserve the design at right, a few toned perf tips at the top, large-part o.g. Unlisted by Ron Butler (see note below) and only one other example, also unused, has been recorded so it should be rated RRRRR.
Ron Butler at page 121 states that "a recently discovered single copy of [this stamp] was considered insufficiently convincing to include in the listing" but gives no reasons justifying that conclusion. This stamp is an enigma: there is no record of One Shilling stamps being issued to the Police Department. it is therefore believed to be a case of an Omitted Letter & Stop, either 'P.O.', 'P.S.' or 'P.W.'
