Issue Dates
Three values of the octagonal stamps were introduced to cover higher foreign and registered postal charges on the following dates:
1 Shilling (green) - 11 September 1847, 10d (brown) - 6 November 1848, 6d (mauve/lilac/purple) - 1 March 1854
The 1 shilling was the first British postage stamp to bear a value above 2d.
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