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Seychelles
Supplementary information


For the main Seychelles page click here

This page contains the following information relating to the revenue stamps of Seychelles:
  • Bill of Exchange adhesives - images of all varieties including First, Second and Third of Exchange
  • Printer's archive material relating to the production of Seychelles revenue issues:
    A. Bill of Exchange and Internal Revenue
    B. Queen Victoria unissued Revenue-Revenue key type

    C. King Edward VII Revenue-Revenue key type
    D. King George V Revenue-Revenue key type


Bill of Exchange adhesives
Images of all varieties including First, Second and Third of Exchange



A. 1896-98 issue
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B. 1897 provisionals
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These provisionals are known only as 1st of Exchange except one damaged example of the 8c 3rd as illustrated here


C. c1898 provisionals
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No image available for Second of Exchange

Printer's archive material
Relating to the production of Seychelles revenue issues

Please note: many of the images in this section are taken from the websites of Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions and Christoph Gaertner auctions, and from the De La Rue archive on the website of the Royal Philatelic Society London.



A. Bill of Exchange and Internal Revenue

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AA2 (left) and AA1 (right) together on archive piece
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AA3
Queen Victoria overprint essays on issued revenue stamps of Mauritius
   AA1. Mauritius Bill of Exchange 5c (perforated example as issued) with
            handpainted SEYCHELLES overprint essay
   AA2. As AA1 but overprint essay on Mauritius Internal Revenue 5c


Queen Victoria duty plate essay for new denomination (12 cents)
    AA3. Mauritius Internal Revenue key type (imperf) in bright blue overprinted
            SEYCHELLES and with handpainted value tablet in blue - an essay for new
            12c value but erroneously inscribed RUPEES instead of CENTS
Note: the 10c value was also new for the Internal Revenue series but no new duty plate essay has been recorded to date.
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AA4 specimen set (image from De La Rue archive on RPSL website)
Set as issued overprinted Specimen on dated pieces
    AA4. Mauritius Internal Revenue key types overprinted SEYCHELLES
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             - Specimen overprint type D12, date "Dec 1892": 5c, 15c, 25c, 50c, 1r, 2r50c, 5r
             - Specimen overprint type D12, date "June 94": 12c
             - Specimen overprint type D16, date "Jan 03": 10c
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King Edward VII unadopted essay for Bill of Exchange issue
   AA6. Bill of Exchange 40c triplet dated 10th October 1901 with SEYCHELLES

            inscription at top and portrait of King Edward VII pasted on each unit

B. Queen Victoria unissued Revenue-Revenue key type
 
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AB1 (left) and AB2 (above)
   AB1. Handpainted essay for new key type bearing portrait of Queen Victoria and
            inscribed REVENUE at both sides, value 2 cents, dated 20th May 1889
   AB2. Cut down master die proof for head plate based on essay AB1


 

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AB11/19

 

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Queen Victoria Revenue-Revenue imperf colour trials
Group A: Head plate in purple (cents values) or green (rupee values)


   AB11. 5c purple and dull blue
   AB12. 15c purple and carmine-lake
   AB13. 25c purple and deep green
   AB14. 50c purple and black
   AB15. 1r green and dull blue
   AB16. 1r50c green and carmine-lake
   AB17. 2r green and black
   AB18. 2r50c green and brown
   AB19. 5r green and black

The above set of nine colour trials are also found on a De La Rue Appendix sheet dated 8th August 1892, as illustrated at right.  This sheet is initialled and dated at foot, suggesting that this colour scheme was approved for production.


 
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Queen Victoria Revenue-Revenue imperf colour trials
Group B: As Group A but head plate colours reversed (cents values in green, rupee values in purple), with new values 10r and 50r added

   AB21. 50c green and carmine-lake

   AB22. 2r purple and black
   AB23. 5r purple and green

   AB24. 10r grey-green and dull blue
   AB25. 50r grey-green and carmine-lake

An example of AB21 is known on piece cancelled
SEYCHELLES STAMP DUTY 25-12-01, as shown below.  This is an essay for a red embossing cancel, with a fictitious date (Christmas Day).  Another essay for the same cancel is known on plain brown paper, as illustrated below right.  The year (01) probably indicates that the essays were prepared in 1901.  This cancel has not been recorded on an issued stamp and it is possible that the essay was rejected.
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AB21 with embossing cancel essay
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C. King Edward VII Revenue-Revenue key type
 
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AC1
   AC1. Master die proof for head plate similar to Queen Victoria type but with portrait of
           
King Edward VII and crown, dated 9th November 1905


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AC11/14
King Edward VII Revenue-Revenue imperf colour trials
Group A: Value in white on solid background (using Cayman Islands 1d duty plate)

   AC11. 1d green and brown-orange
   AC12. 1d green and emerald
   AC13. 1d green and blue
   AC14. 1d green and yellow


 
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AC21/25 (for AC33/34 see image below listing)
King Edward VII Revenue-Revenue imperf colour trials
Group B: Value in colour on white background

   AC21. 5r green and chestnut
   AC22. 5r green and violet
   AC23. 5r green and black
   AC24. 5r green and blue

   AC25. 5r green and bright purple
   AC33. 5r purple and black
   AC34. 5r purple and blue

Note: AC21, AC23 and AC33/34 are known affixed to a file sheet together with four other colour trials, as illustrated below.  AC33/34 are not currently known other than on this sheet.




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Printer's file sheet bearing AC33/34, AC41/42, AC52/53, AC23 and AC21 stuck down

 

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AC49
King Edward VII Revenue-Revenue imperf colour trials
Group C: Value in white on background of coloured lines

   AC41. 4c purple and bright green
   AC42. 4c purple and carmine
   AC49. 4c purple and olive-green
   AC52. 4c green and carmine
   AC53. 4c green and blue


Note: AC41/42 and AC52/53 are currently known only on the file sheet illustrated above alongside AC21, AC23 and AC33/34.  AC49 is in the colours adopted for the issued 4c.


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AC62 and AC64
Perforated stamps in issued colours, handstamped SPECIMEN in violet

   AC62. 50c purple and olive-green
   AC64. 2r50c green and black


Note: the 2r50c value is not known as an issued stamp.

D. King George V Revenue-Revenue key type
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AD1 (left) and AD2 (above)
   AD1. Master die proof for new head plate with portrait of King George V and crown,
            dated 20th January 1915
   AD2. Perforated four cents stamp printed using new head plate, opt SPECIMEN,

            endorsed Key plate 60 set and dated March 1915

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