Die proofs are printed in black on white glazed card, typically 92 x 60mm, unless otherwise noted. They are listed below ordered by date, with undated proofs following those with the same plate number. The rightmost column gives the number recorded in our database: in private hands + institutionalised.
The list of die proofs with unique dates is probably complete, and it’s unlikely that a proof with a previously unseen date will be found. However, the number of proofs within each date has not been recorded before, and it’s probable that additional proofs exist, especially for the second issue for which many more proofs were taken.
| 1 | Oct 14, 1876 | — | — | — | 1 + 1 |
| 2 | Oct 16, 1876 | — | — | — | 2 + 1 |
| 3 | Oct 17, 1876 | — | — | — | 3 + 1 |
| 4 | Oct 18, 1876 | — | — | — | 4 + 1 |
| 5 | Oct 19, 1876 | — | — | — | 4 + 1 |
| 6 | Oct 20, 1876 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 7 | Oct 20, 1876 | — | — | “BEFORE HARDENING” | 1 + 1 |
| 8 | no date | — | — | Basic Die Proof | 0 + 2 |
| 9 | no date | — | — | Cut down to stamp size | 1 |
| 10 | 1876 | — | — | — | 0 + 1 |
Institutionalised/Total: 9/28.
10s Die Proofs
No. 1a — Oct 14, 1876
Ex Chuichi Ota.
No. 1b — Oct 14, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 2a — Oct 16, 1876
Date in unusual position.
Ex A. J. Lowe.
No. 2b — Oct 16, 1876
Fig. 98 in Langmead and Huggins.
Ex R. E. (Bob) Philipps.
No. 2c — Oct 16, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 3a — Oct 17, 1876
Date in red, possibly unique.
Ex R. E. (Bob) Philipps.
No. 3b — Oct 17, 1876
No. 3c — Oct 17, 1876
Ex A. J. Lowe.
Ex Klempka Family.
No. 3d — Oct 17, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 4a — Oct 18, 1876
No. 4b — Oct 18, 1876
Card wider than usual: 95 x 60mm.
With six pencil lines.
Ex A. J. Lowe.
No. 4c — Oct 18, 1876
Ex R. E. (Bob) Philipps.
No. 4d — Oct 18, 1876
Card wider than usual: 94 x 60mm.
Ex Conrad Graham.
No. 4e — Oct 18, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 5a — Oct 19, 1876
Initialled “R” bottom left corner. Faint, possibly erased pencil.
No. 5b — Oct 19, 1876 — reconstruction.
No. 5c — Oct 19, 1876
With two pencil lines.
Ex H. T. Jackson
No. 5d — Oct 19, 1876
Ex A. J. Lowe.
Ex Klempka Family.
No. 5e — Oct 19, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 6a — Oct 20, 1876
No. 6b — Oct 20, 1876
No. 6c — Oct 20, 1876
Ex A. J. Lowe.
No. 7a — Oct 20, 1876
No. 7b — Oct 20, 1876 — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
Ex R. E. (Bob) Philipps.
No. 8a — no date — reconstruction.
Langmead Collection.
No. 8b — no date — no image.
Royal Philatelic Collection.
No. 9 — no date
No. 10 — 1876 — reconstruction.
Phillips Collection.