GB 1d Red Die II Plate 23

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Plate 23

  • Registration Date: 17 Nov 1855
  • Destroyed: 22 Jun 1857
  • Sheets printed 62,000
  • Constant Plate characteristics:
    • All K's are Gothic
    • Perforation 14 only
    • Small Crown and Large Crown Watermarks, Small Crown considerably scarcer.
    • Distinctive letters: L is tall like plate 22 but in this plate its foot and upright are at right angles; K is Gothic throughout; S is tall (as per plate 22).
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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

Missing imprimatur position
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Missing imprimatur position
Gothic K
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Bottom left serif of L has a small dot which faded with printing. L high and central in square
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B Row

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Dot below first N of PENNY in margin midway between BC-CCMore Images
Blurrs outside East frameline
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Gothic K
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C Row

Dot above top margin above 'AG' of POSTAGE, midway between CC and BC
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North frameline showing weakness
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D Row

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North frameline showing weakness
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E Row

Gothic K
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Small horizontal scratch below L visible in early printings, it wore as the plate printed, visible on the imprimatur
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F Row

G Row

H Row

Gothic K
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I Row

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Gothic K
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J Row

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K Row

Gothic K
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Gothic K
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Gothic K
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Gothic K
Heavy blurred vertical scratch extends from the South East corner of the F square down to North East corner of LF below
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Gothic K
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Gothic K
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L Row

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Heavy blurred vertical scratch extends from the North East corner up to the South East corner of KF above
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M Row

Burr rub through 'POSTAGE'
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N Row

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Later printings show blurring of 'ON' of ONE
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Dot below the left leg of N
Gothic K
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O Row

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O double punched showing at bottom left
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Gothic K
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P Row

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Large mark on neck below the jaw-line
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Q Row

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North frameline showing weakness above POSTAGE
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R Row

S Row

T Row

North frameline showing weakness
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