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1860 - 1870

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Year	Month	Day	Name	Scott	Set range	Perforation	Watermark	Description
1860			Liberia	1		12	None	Thick paper. Lithographed.
1860	1	1	Poland	1		11½ to 12½	None	Typographed
1860	4		British Columbia & Vancouver Is.	2		14	None	Typographed
1860	5	9	India, issues of the government	19	19 - 19C	14	None
1860	11	1	Queensland	1		Imperforate	6	Engraved.
1860	11	23	Jamaica	1		14	45	Typographed
1860	12	1	Malta	2		14	None	Buff on bluish paper. Typographed.
1860	12	18	Saint Lucia	1	1 - 3	14 to 16	5	Engraved.
1861			Colombia, United States of New Granada	13		Imperforate	None
1861	1	1	Nevis	5	1 - 8	13	None	Grayish or bluish wove paper. Engraved.
1861	1	1	Prince Edward Island	1		9	None	Typographed
1861	2	14	Neapolitan Provinces	19	19, 21 - 23, 26	Imperforate	None	Lithographed, center embossed.
1861	5	8	St. Vincent	1B		14 to 16	None	Engraved.
1861	6	3	Grenada	1a		14 to 16	None	Engraved. Blue green. #1, green: May 18, 1862
1861	8	16	Confederate States	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1861	10	1	Greece	1		Imperforate	None	No figures on back. Typographed.
1861	11	1	Bergedorf	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1862			Colombia, United States of Colombia	19		Imperforate	None	Thin wove paper.
1862	1	11	Argentina, Republic	5	5 - 7	Imperforate	None
1862	2	24	Italy	17	17, 19 -21	11½ x 12	None	Typographed, head embossed.
1862	6	26	Moldavia-Walachia	11	11 - 18	Imperforate	None	Handstamped
1862	8	1	Antigua	1		14 - 16	None	Engraved.
1862	12	2	Nicaragua	1		12	None	Yellowish paper. Engraved. Pen cancellation only.
1862	12	8	Hong Kong	1	1 - 7	14	None	Typographed
1863			Bolivar	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Lithographed.
1863	1	1	Russia/Turkey	1a, 1b		Imperforate	None	Typographed. #1 & 1c: 1866
1863	1	13	Turkey	1	1 - 2, 4 - 5	Imperforate	None	Red band. Lithographed.
1863	3		Costa Rica	1		12	None	Engraved
1864	3	1	Holstein	15		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1864	3	10	Schleswig	9		Rouletted 10, 11½	None	Typographed. #8: April 5, 1864
1864	4	1	Netherlands Indies	1		Imperforate	None	Engraved.
1864	10	1	Mecklenburg-Strelitz	1a		Rouletted	None	Embossed. #1: Oct. 26, 1864
1864	11	1	Soruth, Junagarh	1		Imperforate	None	Handstamped in water color. Laid paper.
1865	1	1	Ecuador	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	None	Wove paper. Typographed. #1: 1872
1865	1	1	Romania	22		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1865	8		Shanghai	1		Imperforate	None	Antique numerals. Wove paper. Typographed
1865	8	19	Dominican Republic	1		Imperforate	None	Wove paper. Typographed
1865	9	19	Vancouver Island	5	5 - 6	Imperforate	1
1865	9	25	Bermuda	1	1, 4, 6	14	None	Typographed.
1865	11	1	British Columbia	7		14	1
1865	12	1	Honduras	1	1 - 2	Imperforate	None	Lithographed.
1866	1		British Honduras	1	1 - 3	14	None	Typographed.
1866	1	1	Egypt	1		12½	118	Lithographed
1866	3	23	Jammu & Kashmir	1		Imperforate	None	Handstamped. Water colors. Native grayish laid paper. No gum.
1866	6	1	Serbia	4	4 - 6	12	None	Vienna printing. Typographed. #1-3 were only used as newspaper tax stamps.
1866	9	1	Kashmir	62		Imperforate	None	Water colors. Native grayish laid paper. One die.
1866	12	1	Virgin Islands	1		12	None	Toned or white paper. Lithographed
1867	1	1	Jammu	6		Imperforate	None	Water colors
1867	1	17	El Salvador	1		12	None	Engraved.
1867	3	1	Heligoland	1	1, 4	Rouletted	None	Typographed, head embossed. Type I. Type II: July, 1868. #2 & #3: March 21, 1867
1867	4	4	Turks Islands	1	1 - 3	11½ to 13	None	Engraved.
1867	6	1	Austria-Hungary	27	27 - 33	9½	91	Coarse print
1867	6	1	Austria/Turkey	1	1 - 7	9½	91	Typographed.
1867			Bolivia	1	1 - 2, 4 - 5, 7	Imperforate	None	Engraved.
1867	9	1	Straits Settlements	1		14	38
1868			Antioquia	1		Imperforate	None	Wove paper. Lithographed
1868			Iran	1	1 - 4	Imperforate	None	Typographed
1868	1	1	Azores	1	1 - 6	Imperforate	None
1868	1	1	Madeira	2	2 - 5	Imperforate	None	Black ovpt.
1868	1	1	North German Confederation, Northern part	1	1 - 6	Rouletted 8½ to 10, 11 to 12½ and compound	None	Typographed
1868	1	1	North German Confederation, Southern part	1	7 - 11	Rouletted 8½ to 10, 11 to 12½ and compound	None	Typographed
1868	1	1	North German Confederation, Hamburg city post	12	12	Rouletted 8½ to 10, 11 to 12½ and compound	None	Typographed
1868	1	1	Orange River Colony	3	3, 10	14	None	Typographed.
1868	4	1	Canada, Dominion	21c	21 - 25, 27 - 30	12	None
1868	7	1	Fernando Po	1		14	None	Typographed
1869			Saint Thomas & Prince Islands	1a		12½, 13½	None	Typographed. Type II. #1, type I: 1875
1869	3	18	Gambia	1a	1a, 2, 2a	Imperforate	None	Typographed and embossed. Scott #1 = S.G. #2, pale brown: 1871
1869	3	1	Sarawak	1		11	None	Lithographed
1869	9	8	Hyderabad	2		11½	None	Engraved. #1: Jan. 1871
1870			Cundinamarca	1		Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1870			Tolima	1		Imperforate	None	White wove paper. Typeset.
1870	4	1	Saint Christopher	1		12½	1	Typographed
1870	5	1	Transvaal	1a		Imperforate	None
1870	7	1	Angola	1	1 - 4, 6 - 7	12½, 13½	None	5 r. black. Typographed. No wm.
1870	8	9	Paraguay	1	1 - 3	Imperforate	None	Lithographed
1870	9	10	Alsace & Lorraine	N1	N1 - N14	13½ x 14	None	Network with points up. Typographed
1870	11	1	Fiji	1		Rouletted	None	Quadrille paper. Typeset