10c LILAC / RED BROWN



A Die Proof on India




Plate proofs printed on card not on India. Lilac shades printed in Montreal



Red Brown plate proof printed on card. From a later Ottawa printing.




Montreal printings in Lilac.


Only one plate was used to print the 10c value for the entire period of use 1875-1897.
It was a plate with only a single 10x10 pane. It had single imprints at top, bottom, and both sides.


Upper imprint strip with imprint and counters.



Bottom imprint block.


Imperforate stamps printed on regular stamp paper were probably printed as favours.


Imperforate top strip of 10 with imprint and counters.


Imperforate left and right imprints



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