GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40

Plate 40

• Put to Press Date: 3rd May 1856
• Destroyed: 22nd June 1857
• Sheets Printed: 110,000
• A plate known for its many rich shades.
• Constant Plate characteristics:
  • Watermark Large Crown.
  • Perf 14
  • North East square is typically weak especially in the later printings as it wore.
  • Main North East Ray of North East square is generally short. (Plates 37-49 & 52-60)
  • Most units showing the ⅔ break in East frame (Plates 37-49 & 52-60)

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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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AE.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AF.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AG.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position	More Images Missing Imprimatur position
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AI.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AJ.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position	More Images Missing Imprimatur position	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 AL.jpg More Images Missing Imprimatur position

B Row

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More Images	More Images F Doubled. Large mark in hair above the ear	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 BG.jpg More Images	More Images
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C Row

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D Row

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E Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 EI.jpg More Images Strong vertical blur left side of the E square	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 EJ.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 EK.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 EL.jpg More Images

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F Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 FI.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 FJ.jpg More Images Tail of J has a small comma like mark attached to it	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 FK.jpg More Images	More Images

G Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 GA.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 GB.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 GC.jpg More Images	More Images G Doubled at left, value showing signs of re-entry, marks below in margin are from the HD re-entry
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H Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 HA.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 HB.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 HC.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 HD.jpg More Images Fresh entry in upper posrtion of POSTAGE and squares and through Value
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I Row

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J Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 JE.jpg More Images	More Images Missing Imprimatur position	More Images Missing Imprimatur position G doubled at top	More Images Missing Imprimatur position
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K Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 KA.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 KB.jpg More Images	More Images	More Images K showing doubling on its Left foot
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 KE.jpg More Images K showing doubling on its Left foot. K upright Cf. Plate 43	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 KF.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 KG.jpg More Images	More Images K showing doubling on its Left foot
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L Row

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More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 LJ.jpg More Images Large mark attached to serif of L at right and to frameline at left. Large dot below baseline of frame below right serif of L	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 LK.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 LL.jpg More Images Second L showing slight doubling on bottom serif

M Row

File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MA.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MB.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MC.jpg More Images Short blurred horizontal scratch/stroke below C in the margin	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MD.jpg More Images
More Images Large mark on the shoulder	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MF.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MG.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MH.jpg More Images
More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MJ.jpg More Images E of POSTAGE has a vertical blurred scratch up its vertical line touching the bottom	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 MK.jpg More Images M square showing doubling of frame at its bottom left corner, below the right corner and under O of ONE. East frameline extends north. blurred mark outside K square in right margin	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 ML.jpg More Images Dot in South West corner of M square. M showing slight doubling at top and bottom left serif and middle of M joined at base

N Row

More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 NB.jpg More Images	More Images North East square is very weak in later printings	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 ND.jpg More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 NE.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 NF.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 NG.jpg More Images Base line is weak below PE of PENNY	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 NH.jpg More Images Small vertical scratch in left side of the H square at top and at centre left
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O Row

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P Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PE.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PF.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PG.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PH.jpg More Images Small vertical scratch in left side of the H square at top. P is placed far to the left of its square
More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PJ.jpg More Images blur outside the South West corner of the J square	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 PL.jpg More Images

Q Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 QE.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 QF.jpg More Images	More Images Blurred mark inside the frameline of the North East square	More Images
File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 QI.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 QJ.jpg More Images	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 QL.jpg More Images

R Row

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S Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 SI.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 SJ.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 SK.jpg More Images K showing signs of double punching on the left foot and at top right serifs (Cf. Not as strongly as Plate 33)	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 SL.jpg More Images

T Row

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File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 TE.jpg More Images	More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 TG.jpg More Images	File:GB 1d Red Die II Plate 40 TH.jpg More Images Large dot attached to the base of the H square below and between the serifs of the H. Weakens in later printings from the plate
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