GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2

Plate 2

1855: 1 red-brown on blued paper, Die II, Alphabet II, plate 2, wmk. Small Crown, lettered TA-TF, variety "Imperforate", the famous horizontal strip of six used on 1855 cover from Exeter to Melbourne, Victoria, with just touched to large margins all round cancelled by "285" numeral

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• Registered 15 Jan 1855
• Put to press Date: 20 Jan 1855
• Destroyed: 8 May 1856
• Constant Plate characteristics: P is blind except on PL
• Estimate sheets 120,000
• Perf 16 & 14 used. SC and LC used. LC perf 16 being the rarest
• CRange 3-6

A Row |	B Row |	C Row |	D Row |	E Row |	F Row |	G Row |	H Row |	I Row |	J Row |
K Row |	L Row |	M Row |	N Row |	O Row |	P Row |	Q Row |	R Row |	S Row |	T Row |

A Row

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More Images			Two small marks on chin

B Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 BA.jpg		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 BC.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 BD.jpg
Ex-Wiggins More Images	Large spot on Nose		More Images
RE-ENTRY in right star and mark above B, burr rub outside of East margin. More Images	Burr rub outside West margin belonging to BI re-entry. More Images		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 BL.jpg

C Row

Light Burr rub outside top half of West margin		More Images	Burr rub to East margin belongs to CE
More Images Large dot in NW star square. Burr rub in the west margin heavy near SW square. Large coloured mark behind neck/hairline breaking lattice work at right.			More Images
Large dot in T of Postage and Burr rub to Right hand margin. More Images	C6	K misplaced to right of square, Lower right serif of K extends through frame. Inter-marginal space betwee CK-CL is very thin More Images	Inter-marginal space betwee CK-CL is very thin More Images

D Row

		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 DC.jpg	More Images
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		D misplaced low and left, bottom serif touches West frameline.	D poorly struck and has an indented top part of its loop More Images ]]

E Row

C3		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 EC.jpg Misplaced lettering E low and left C high and right	C5 E low and left
Misplaced lettering 1st E low and 2nd E high and left with damaged middle serif.	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 EF.jpg	Different punch used for E - larger than others.	C4
	Faint marks below E and on the SW corner frame line. EJ-EK-EL margins very thin. More Images	EJ-EK-EL margins very thin. More Images	EJ-EK-EL margins very thin. More Images

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F Row

Right serif of A almost touching frame line at right More Images	More Images	More Images	More Images
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G Row

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Mark in margin/frame opposite chin (obscured by postmark above). NE extends.More Images			More Images
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H Row

North East extends More Images	More Images	More Images	C4 More Images
Left foot of H extends downwards. More Images	Scratch in the NE star above the NE main ray More Images	More Images	More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 HI.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 HJ.jpg More Images	More Images	More Images

I Row

Blob in hair above lowest curl. More Images ]]	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 IB.jpg Dot outside NE corner	West extends North More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 IE.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 IF.jpg	More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 II.jpg		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 IK.jpg

J Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 JA.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 JB.jpg	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 JD.jpg
	More Images	Spot below ear More Images	C4
			File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 JL.jpg

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K Row

More Images	Bottom serif of B extends leftMore Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 KC.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 KD.jpg More Images
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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 KI.jpg More Images	More Images	More Images	More Images

L Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 LA.jpg Large dot in margin below SE corner also seen on copies of MA (See MA image below).	More Images	More Images	More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 LE.jpg		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 LG.jpg
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 LI.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 LJ.jpg

M Row

Large dot in margin below NE corner also seen on copies of LA. base extends right slightly		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 MC.jpg	More Images
	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 MF.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 MG.jpg
			File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 ML.jpg

N Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 NA.jpg More Images	East frameline extends north, north frameline extends east. Both letters punched left in squares. More Images	West extends North More Images	C6 More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 NE.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 NF.jpg More Images	Different punch used for G, larger than normal and flat base to it. More Images	More Images
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O Row

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	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 OG.jpg Faint burr rub in POSTAGE	More Images
More Images	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 OK.jpg	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 OL.jpg

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P Row

More Images		File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 PC.jpg	More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 PE.jpg		More Images	Left leg of H has a small line touching the bottom frame
More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 PJ.jpg More Images	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 PL.jpg Different punch used for P, which remains open, all other P's on plate are blind

Q Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 QA.jpg	Spot above T of Postage, not seen in example due to postmark, often removed by perforations. More Images
Faint blur sometimes found in lower half of Q More Images	Small blob in margin below P of Penny
Mark on forehead just below the rim of the crown More Images

R Row

	Mark above eyebrow		More Images
West extends North

S Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 SE.jpg More Images	More Images	More Images	More Images
More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 SJ.jpg More Images	More Images	Letters misplaced S low and central, L high and right More Images

T Row

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