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Record 1 1977-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

Ivory heads is a name of a British variety in the 1841 to 1858 postage stamps portraying the head of Queen Victoria. (...) On the back of the stamps Queen Victoria's head resembles a nearly white cameolike silhouette facing right.

OBS

The term "ivory heads" is used to designate the stamp itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

Timbre au verso duquel se détache en blanc sur azuré, le contour plus ou moins flou de l'effigie du recto.

Spanish

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