GB 1d Red Die II Plate 52

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Plate 52

Block of 24 showing Plate number
  • Registration Date: 11 Feb 1857
  • Put to press: 7 May 1857
  • Withdrawn from press: 29 Oct 1861
  • Destroyed:
  • Constant Plate characteristics:
    • Main North East Ray of North East square is generally short. (Plates 37-49 & 52-60)
    • Most units showing the 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

B Row

Later prints show a corrosion blemish north of the North West square. Not visible on the Imprimatur.
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C Row

D Row

E Row

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F Row

G Row

H Row

I Row

J Row

Scratch in left margin Starting level with top, Blur in top of T of POSTAGE
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Scratch outside west margin opposite the J square in later prints (not imprimatur) 'corrosion' like marks in left margin at top and around the first J
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K Row

L Row

M Row

N Row

O Row

Faint but large red mark below the SE square in margin between OG-PG
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marks in 'O'
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P Row

right serif of G touches East Margin, faint but large red mark above the NE square in margin between OG-PG
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Q Row

R Row

S Row

T Row

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