The Woodblock Stamps were printed in 1861 and comes in both 1 penny and 4 penny forms. The 1 penny Woodblock Stamp comes in the color Vermillion while the 4 penny Woodblock Stamp comes in the color Blue.
15.) Woodblock stamps (1861)
The rarest error in Cape of Good Hope stamps was printed in blue. Rare blue Woodblock stamp was printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co.
Woodblock
Carved on wood - as Cape of Good Hope triangular stamps
Wove paper ...
Ludwig Hesshaimer (1872-1956) prolific Romanian commerical artist who specialized in woodblock prints and engravings, produced paintings, drawings, and book illustrations, but always preferred to design postage stamps, ...
This process is different from gravure or intaglio printing where a plate is engraved, etched or stippled to make cavities to contain the printing ink, and in woodblock printing and letterpress where ink is applied to the raised surfaces of letters ...
Woodblock - 'Carved on wood'. Sobriquet for Cape triangular postage stamps.
Wove paper - General term for a range of papers produced by settling fibres on fine wire mesh which imprints a watermark giving a woven appearance.
Woodblocks: Cape of Good Hope 1861 issues that were printed from stereotypes mounted on small wooden blocks.
Woodley Island: bogus, no information available.
Woodworth, C. B.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Printing, Block, Philatelic
  
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