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Watermark "crown & CA" (Sierra Leone usage only)

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  • Colnect-2737-575-Queen-Victoria-back.jpg
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Short desc: crown & CA
Description:



In use 1882-2020

Users of this watermark: Antigua (8 stamps, 1882-1886), Western Australia (11 stamps, 1885-1890), Bahamas (18 stamps, 1882-1902), Bangkok (9 stamps, 1882-1884), Barbados (89 stamps, 1882-1920), Bechuanaland (1 stamp, 1886), Bermuda (12 stamps, 1883-1904), British Central Africa (18 stamps, 1896-1903), British Guiana (22 stamps, 1882-1903), British Honduras (34 stamps, 1882-1904), Cape of Good Hope (7 stamps, 1882-1883), Cayman Islands (4 stamps, 1900-1908), Ceylon (64 stamps, 1882-1905), Cyprus (29 stamps, 1882-1902), Dominica (9 stamps, 1883-1888), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (9 stamps, 1903-1918), Falkland Islands (34 stamps, 1883-2005), Fiji (11 stamps, 1903), Gambia (22 stamps, 1898-1906), Gibraltar (49 stamps, 1886-1903), Gold Coast (39 stamps, 1883-1902), British offices in Morocco, Spanish currency (16 stamps, 1898-1899), Grenada (39 stamps, 1883-1909), Hong Kong (34 stamps, 1882-1903), Jamaica (27 stamps, 1883-1904), Labuan (12 stamps, 1883-1886), Lagos (4 stamps, 1882), Leeward Islands (28 stamps, 1890-1902), Malaya, Federated States (8 stamps, 1900), Johore (7 stamps, 1884-1891), Pahang (3 stamps, 1889), Malta (18 stamps, 1882-1903), Mauritius (47 stamps, 1882-1904), Montserrat (25 stamps, 1884-1981), Natal (26 stamps, 1882-1902), Nevis (3358 stamps, 1882-2020), New Hebrides (Br) (6 stamps, 1908), Niger Coast Protectorate (7 stamps, 1897), Northern Nigeria (18 stamps, 1900-1902), Nyasaland Protectorate (1 stamp, 1908), Orange River Colony (9 stamps, 1903-1904), Rhodesia (British South Africa Company) (1 stamp, 1896), St. Christopher (13 stamps, 1882-1890), St. Helena (11 stamps, 1889-1908), St. KittsNevis (10 stamps, 1903), St. Lucia (39 stamps, 1883-1991), St. Vincent (37 stamps, 1883-1902), Seychelles (57 stamps, 1890-1903), Sierra Leone (39 stamps, 1883-1903), Somaliland Protectorate (13 stamps, 1904), Southern Nigeria (20 stamps, 1901-1904), Straits Settlements (70 stamps, 1882-1904), Tobago (17 stamps, 1882-1896), Transvaal (16 stamps, 1902-1903), Trinidad (41 stamps, 1882-1903), Turks Islands (15 stamps, 1882-1895), Turks & Caicos Islands (8 stamps, 1900-1904), Uganda (6 stamps, 1898-1902), Virgin Islands (16 stamps, 1883-1899), Zululand (2 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 39 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

6/1883 1/2d brn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
6/1883 4d bl issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
6/1883 2p mag issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
9/26/1883 1p rosered issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
7/1884 1/2d dlgrn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
7/1884 4d brn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
7/1884 2p sl issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
7/1884 1p car issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
1888 1sh orgbrn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
1891 2 1/2d ultra issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
1892 3d orgyel issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
1893 1 1/2p vio issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone)
1893 1/2d vio d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) oc=blk on=1893-1 1/2p-vio-wmk=crown & CA
1896 1lb vio pc=red issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 1p lil&car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 5sh grn&car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 2p lil&org issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 2 1/2d lil&ultra issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 2sh grn&ultra issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1896 1sh grn&blk issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 4d lil&car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 5d lil&blk issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 3d lil&sl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 1 1/2p lil&blk issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 1/2d lil&grn issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1897 6p lil issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate)
1903 1lb vio pc=red issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 5sh grn&car issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 2sh grn&ultra issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 1sh grn&blk issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 6p vio&dlvio issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 5d vio&blk issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 4d vio&car issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 3d vio&gray issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 2 1/2d vio&ultra issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 2p vio&brnorg issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 1 1/2p vio&blk issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 1p vio&car issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)
1903 1/2d vio&grn issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate)

All are perf=14

Catalog numbers:
Sc 2