Kilmarnock had only one Type during an eighteen month life primarily being used in the first five months. Examples are known cancelled in dark green during January and October 1856. No recuts are known.
Characteristics: The ‘normal’ experimental Type with four short bars each side of ‘203’
Proofed: 8th January 1856
EKD: 9th January 1856
LKD: 6th August 1857. A hybrid mark dated 6th August 1861 has been seen but this is deemed to be a fabricated example (shown in Gallery below)
Months of Use:
Known Codes:
Scarcity Rating: F (Rare) and H (Very Few Recorded) for examples in Blue/Green
