Queen Victoria High Value Stamps

  sg 126 1867 10 shilling specimen  1 pound colour trial  5 pound orange 
SG 126 1867 SG128 1878 Colour trial 1878 SG 137 1882
  sg178 sg180  sg183 
SG 178 1883 SG 180 1883 SG 183 1883
sg185 sg 212
SG 185 1884 SG 212 1891

All the high values have corner letters in all four corners apart from the Five Pound Orange,
which only has corner letters in the lower corners, the EVII high values do not have corner letters.
Only the early issues up to 1882 have the plate number in the design
Note the similarity in the designs between the 1878 £1 and 1883 10 shilling


scan of sg 128 ten shilling courtesy Robert Murray Stamp Shop

Number issued for High Values  
SG description issued cat £
unused
121 2/- brown 77,620 9,000
130 5s rose Large anchor 537,374 8,000
128 10/- maltese cross 242,000 28,000
131 10/- Anchor 224,000 35,000
129 £1 maltese cross 242,000 32,000
132 £1 anchor 112,000 42,000
137 £5 orange 246,826 6,500
  £5 telegraph 84,000  
178 2s 6d 10,325,392 £350
180 5s 7,520,800 £550
183 10s 1,929,200 £1,250
185 £1 brown-lilac imp crown 360,160 18,000
186 £1 brown-lilac three orbs 80,800 35,000
212 £1 green 701,760 3,250
266 EVII £1 green 804,880 1,900
438 PUC £1 61,000 1,000

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