GB 1d Red Die II Plate 2 TF
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RETURN TO GB 1d Red Die II 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, described by Robson Lowe as the "possibly the rarest piece known in line-engraved Great Britain" |
