Surface-printed wing-margins

interpane block sg94 pl 11 colour trials wing-margins
sg86 SG 117 1shill pl-5 SG 147 6d-pl-13 sg121 pl 1

Wing-margins

sg150 pl 12 sg101 pl 4

Wing-margin stamps occur on the surface-printed stamps 1855-80. For the 3d, 6d, 9d, 10d, 1s or 2s stamps with watermark emblem or spray the sheet is arranged in 12 panes of twenty stamps forming a sheet of 240 stamps, stamps with D, E, H or I in the SE corner will have a wing-margin. That is 80 stamps out of 240 or one third will have wing-margins. With the introduction of the Imperial Crown watermark in 1880 (SG 157) there are no wing-margins.

For the 4d and 8d garter series the plate is in 4 panes of 60 stamps (10 rows of six) and thus letters F and G would be wing-margins, that is 40 out of 240.

The 2½d stamp (plates 1-20) had two panes of 96 stamps one above the other and no wing-margins.

With the crown watermark there were two panes of 120 stamps (ten rows by twelve) and no wing-margins

Selvage and Pane markings

Sheet arrangement for the 3d, 6d, 9d, 10d, 1s or 2s stamps with watermark emblem or spray.
There are 12 panes of 20 stamps making 240 stamps per sheet.
There can be marking on the selvage of the sheet or on the selvage of a pane
A pane is like a miniature sheet
Stamps with SE corner letters D, E, H or I will be wing-margin examples.

AA AB AC AD
BA     BD
CA     CD
DA     DD
EA     ED
AE AF AG AH
BE     BH
CE     CH
DE     DH
EE     EH
AI AJ AK AL
BI     BL
CI     CL
DI     DL
EI     EL
FA FB FC FD
GA     GD
HA     HD
IA     ID
JA     JD
FE FF FG FH
GE     GH
HE     HH
IE     IH
JE     JH
FI FJ FK FL
GI     GL
HI     HL
II     IL
JI     JL
KA KB KC KD
LA     LD
MA     MD
NA     ND
OA     OD
KE KF KG KH
LE     LH
ME     MH
NE     NH
OE OF OG OH
KI KJ KK KL
LI     LL
MI     ML
NI     NL
OI     OL
PA PB PC PD
QA     QD
RA     RD
SA     SD
TA TB TC TD
PE PF PG PH
QE     QH
RE     RH
SE     SH
TE TF TG TH
PI PJ PK PL
QI     QL
RI     RL
SI     SL
TI TJ TK TL

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