GB 1d Red Die II Plate 9

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Plate 9

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Alcock Study pages Plate 9 Die II missing Imps
Alcock Study pages Plate 9 Die II missing Imps
  • Put to Press Date: 24 March 1855
  • Destroyed: 8 May 1856
  • Constant Plate characteristics:
    • Perf 14 & 16 used and both SC and LC watermarks; LC16 being the rarest type.
    • Poor alignment has resulted in many stamps being very close together.







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

Small line from the left foot of A touches the baseline b
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A is double punched with remnants of first punch seen around the right foot and small dot mark on frame at right (75% up) of square.
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B Row

B square has a small dot below its South West corner
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B square has a small dot below its South West corner
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C Row

Small dot above OS of POSTAGE almost touching top frameline
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Small horizontal scratch near top left of the L
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D Row

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2 small dots inside the C letter which tend to be very faint
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D square has a small dot below its South West corner
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E Row

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Very small dot almost touching frame of the E square, near the top right of the E
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G square has a small dot below its South West corner
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F Row

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B square has a small dot below its South West corner
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Large spot just below hairline on face on line with nose and ear
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Large scratch in top left quadrant of the first F square touches top frame and the left serif of F before arcing to touch the left frameline
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G Row

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Second G square has a small dot below its South West corner
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G square has a small dot below its South West corner
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H Row

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Horizontal scratch below H square runs parallel with frameline halfway to South East corner
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Curve of G has a small dot in the lower left inside
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Very small mark inside the uppermost arms of the H
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I Row

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RE-ENTRY - Coincident-re-entry both the I and G are faint and the word POSTAGE has been compressed. Burrs outside the West frame and some doubling of the stars
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Second I has a small vertical mark in fron of it
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J Row

Small dot after the J at top and small dot in North East corner of I square
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K Row

Dot below the South West corner of the K square
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Dot below the South West corner of the K square
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L Row

M Row

Large mark in the letter E of POSTAGE
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Large D punch used tall and wide
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Spot on ear-lobe
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N Row

Dot below the South West corner of the B square
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Spot on ear near opening
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O Row

Large mark below the South West corner of the G square. East frame shows a slight extention North
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P Row

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East frameline extends slightly North
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Letter P has been double punched initial marks in front of loop and main upright
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Q Row

*dot outside West of Q square noted
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dot attached to the top frameline of the J square in its North West corner
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R Row

small mark below the South West corner of the R square
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S Row

Small dot below the South West corner of the A square
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T Row

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Dot below the South West corner of the A square
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Dot below the South West corner of both theT and the E squares
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Dot in the top portion of the diagonal of N of ONE. Small dot below the South West corner of the T square
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Dot below the South West corner of the T square. South frameline extends to the East slightly
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Dot below the South West corner of the K square, coloured mark in the East network 50% of the way down
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Dot in margin 25% from the bottom on the East side
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