De La Rue

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>King George V Silver Jubilee</B><B> - De La Rue</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King George V Silver Jubilee"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>General Information</B></U></A><B>               </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamps"><U><B>Stamps</B></U></A></FONT><B>               </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal History"><U><B>Postal History</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U><B>Variety Locator</B></U></A><B>         </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Information"><U><B>Help/Site Information</B></U></A><B>                              </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><B>                               </B><A HREF="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> See <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#anchor" TITLE="De La Rue"><U><B>lower table</B></U></A></FONT> for  Other Printers & Stamps</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="127" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <B>PRINTER - DE LA RUE</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DL Descriptor"><U>Varieties Listings</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DPage 1"><U>Plates 2A & (2A)</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id404.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="D Page 5"><U>Plates 2B & (2B)</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DPage 2"><U>Plate 4</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DPage 3"><U>Plate 4/</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DPage 4"><U>Frame Plate variety</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="127" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <B>STAMPS</B>  <A NAME="anchor"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Common Design"><U>Common Design</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parts of Windsor Castle"><U>Design info</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Printers"><U>Printers</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>         - <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bradbury"><U>Bradbury</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>         -<A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="De La Rue"><U> De la Rue</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>         - <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Waterlow"><U>Waterlow</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div>    - <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Specimens"><U>Specimens</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Countries"><U>Other Countries</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Booklets"><U>Booklets</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Perfins"><U>Perfins</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dates of Issue"><U>Dates of Issue</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="121"><div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WAD"><U>Classification</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <I><B>Thomas De La Rue & Company Ltd.</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="222" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> (<B>To view stamps </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DL Descriptor"><U><B>click here</B></U></A></FONT>)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="20" WIDTH="560" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 214 WIDTH="246"><div> To date six vignette plates (2A paired with 2B; 4 paired with 4/ and two plates labeled as (2A) paired with plate (2B)) used in the printing process have been identified. Plates (2A) and (2B) have the listing of their vignette plate numbers situated further below the stamps compared to the other two pairings.  They appear as 2A and 2B. Plate numbers 1 and 1A (1A only found on Fiji stamps) are frame plates. De La Rue was the </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="246"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >only one of the three printing companies to actually print a plate number on the sheet. The varieties are listed according to plate, row and column number. </FONT><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DL Descriptor"><U><B>These are  available for viewing and listed in blue on the following page</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >and are found on the various pages. To view or print out the complete list, including numbers printed and dates issued, see the acrobat reader section below the pictures.</FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Click here to view the </FONT><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Varieties"><U><B>Varieties Classificatio</B></U></A><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Varieties"><U><B>n</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="533" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 153 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0ba12930.jpg" border=0 width="530" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 65 WIDTH="525"><div> De la Rue <B>Frame Plate</B> numbers appear under stamp 10/2 while <B>Vignette Plate</B> numbers appear under stamp 10/5. The above example indicates that this sheet was printed with frame plate 1 and vignette plate number 2A.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="523" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0bdfab90.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="256"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Frame Plate number 1A is only found on the Fiji stamps.</div> <bR> <div> (Picture courtesy of Charlie Miller, San Diego, California)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="532" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 338 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="513" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 138 WIDTH="251"><div>    </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Vignette <B>plate 4/</B> has a 6 mm vertical marker line above and below the last stamp (column 6) in rows 1 and 10 respectively, usually in line with the left border of the Order of the Garter. The marker line distinguishes this plate from vignette plate 4.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b8ff840.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="251"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="251" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b9ff7f0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="513" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 193 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0bffabb0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="251"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Sheet numbers</B> are placed above stamp  row 1, column 6</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A more detailed review of dates and numbers of sheets printed as well as a detailed description of all known varieties can be found in the acrobat file "View/download De la Rue listings." </B></div> <div> <B>Note: It lists all stamps on which varieties have been found.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                    <a href="HTMLobj-2617/De-la-Rue.pdf"><u>View/download De la Rue list</u> </a>  </B> (167)</div> <bR> <div>    <a href="HTMLobj-1110/Vignette.pdf"><u>View/Download picture of Common Design vignette</u> </a>  (60k) <B> updated Sept 27, 2004</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#66FF99 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <B>To return to web site after viewing acrobat file USE THE BACK ARROW KEY</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="222" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFCC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> (<B>To view stamps </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DL Descriptor"><U><B>click here</B></U></A></FONT>)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>