NEVIS LEADERS OF THE WORLD 1ST SERIES 1983 LOCOMOTIVES 6-STAGE PROGRESSIVE COLOR PROOF STAMPS

For the majority of earlier Nevis LOW Trains and Cars stamp series the original color proofs that were saved came from press sheets. Very few of them were retained and thus the sets that were created from them are quite rare. For the 5-stage sets that exist they are easily proven to come from the press sheets because the older method of the combined yellow and black proofs is all the evidence you need.
The 6-stage sets are a bit more difficult because of their similarity to 7-stage sets in that they are only missing the all colors stage. The only way to define them then is if they have the very large selvage or, where the 7-stage sets exist, a comparison of the two versions can be made for the differences in color.

You can view on this page the four values that exist for the Nevis 1st trains series in the 6-stage variety.

It is interesting to note that the four 5-stage stamps were all printed on the same press sheet as shown by the last two digits of the sheet number which are 5A through 5D.
These four stamps of the series were printed on a different press sheet and I note the change in format of the last two digits being a space between the number and the letter like this: 2 A through 2 D.
Evidence of the change to a 6-stage form as these four values are only found that way or in 7-stage form. I have seen none of them in 5-stage form.

1960 Evening Star Class 9F 2-10-0, U.K.
Scott Catalog Number 210, Stanley Gibbons Catalog Number 134a

1960 EVENING STAR CLASS 9F 2-10-0 TRAIN STAMP
FINAL STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 EVENING STAR BLUE-RED STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 EVENING STAR BLUE STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 EVENING STAR RED STAGE COLOR PROOF

THE $1.00 EVENING STAR YELLOW STAGE COLOR PROOF	EMBOSSED VIEW

THE $1.00 EVENING STAR BLACK STAGE COLOR PROOF

1924 Pendennis Castle Castle Class 4-6-0, U.K.
Scott Catalog Number 209, Stanley Gibbons Catalog Number 138a

1924 PENDENNIS CASTLE CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 TRAIN STAMP
FINAL STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 PENDENNIS CASTLE BLUE-RED STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 PENDENNIS CASTLE BLUE STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 PENDENNIS CASTLE RED STAGE COLOR PROOF

THE $1.00 PENDENNIS CASTLE YELLOW STAGE COLOR PROOF	EMBOSSED VIEW

THE $1.00 PENDENNIS CASTLE BLACK STAGE COLOR PROOF

1951 Britannia Britannia Class 4-6-2, U.K.
Scott Catalog Number 208, Stanley Gibbons Catalog Number 144a

1951 BRITANNIA BRITANNIA CLASS 4-6-2 TRAIN STAMP
FINAL STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 BRITANNIA BLUE-RED STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 BRITANNIA BLUE STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 BRITANNIA RED STAGE COLOR PROOF

THE $1.00 BRITANNIA YELLOW STAGE COLOR PROOF	EMBOSSED VIEW

THE $1.00 BRITANNIA BLACK STAGE COLOR PROOF

1927 King George V King Class 4-6-0, U.K.
Scott Catalog Number 207, Stanley Gibbons Catalog Number 146a

1927 KING GEORGE V KING CLASS 4-6-0 TRAIN STAMP
FINAL STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 KING GEORGE BLUE-RED STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 KING GEORGE BLUE STAGE COLOR PROOF


THE $1.00 KING GEORGE RED STAGE COLOR PROOF

THE $1.00 KING GEORGE YELLOW STAGE COLOR PROOF	EMBOSSED VIEW

THE $1.00 KING GEORGE BLACK STAGE COLOR PROOF


The quantities that exist for the 6-stage Nevis 1983 Leaders of the World 1st series locomotives is unknown. Due to the low availability on the market and the fact that they were cut from press sheets of which very few were saved, the 6-stage sets can be classified as extremely rare.

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