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Or Printing in Red from Plate 5
- Registration Date: 1st & 11th June 1840
- Date of final printing in black: 3rd February 1841
- Number of sheets printed in black: 40,740
- Destroyed: 12th November 1841
- Constant Plate characteristics:
- Re-Entries: LL, ND
- Double Letters: DB, EB, HB, HE, HI, KE, PH, PJ, TH
- Repairs:
- Plate 5 was initially repaired on two occasions in 1840 during the black printing period.
- The plate was repaired for the third time during early January 1841 (the Provisional Repair) just after printing commenced in red, resulting in units in red with a later state in black.
- The final repair to plate 5 occurred late in 1841 during the red printing period.
Missing Imprimatur positions courtesy of [1]
State 1
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
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First 1840 Repair - State 2
The first repair to plate 5 occurred in 1840 prior to printing in red ink. Check letters are often fainter or thinned and RHS stronger.
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 CD Plate 5 State 2 showing faint check letters and burr line RHS |
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 OB Plate 5 State 2 showing thinner check letters |
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 TA Plate 5 State 2 showing thinner check letters |
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Second 1840 Repair - State 2
The second repair to plate 5 also occurred in 1840 prior to printing in red ink and produced units repaired for the first time in state 2 and others repaired at both stages therefore producing units in state 3.
 BA State 2 showing thinning to check letters |
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Second 1840 Repair - State 3
 CB State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters |
 CC State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters |
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 DA State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters and stars |
 DB State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters and stars |
 DC State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters and stars |
 DD State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters and stars |
 EC State 3 showing increased faintness to check letters |
Back to TopEarliest state in red following the 2nd plate repair
The colour was changed to red in February 1841. Due to the two earlier plate repairs during the period of black only printing this results in the earliest state in red being either state 1, state 2 or state 3 of the plate. These units can be matched with the repaired black letterings above.
Red prints in the earliest state of units that were later repaired. SG AS26 (A)
State 1
State 2
State 3
Back to TopEarliest state in red with no later repair
These red units can be matched with the repaired black letterings above, but were not further repaired.
State 2 SG AS27A
State 3 SG AS29A
Third (Provisional) Repair - State 2
The third repair to plate 5 occurred early in January 1841 after the first printings in red had begun, but prior to the last (provisional) printing in black, resulting in units in red (the pre-provisional printings) existing in an earlier state than the final printing in black ink. The repair resulted in units existing in state 2, 3 and 4.
 AC Plate 5 State 2 showing thinner check letters, burr line LHS |
 More Images GB 1d Plate 5 GA GA Plate 5 State 2 showing faint check letters and stars |
 More Images GB 1d Plate 5 GA GB Plate 5 State 2 showing faint check letters and stars |
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 QA State 2 showing faint check letters |
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Back to TopThird (Provisional) Repair - State 3
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 TA Plate 5 State 3 showing thinner check letters and stars |
Back to TopThird (Provisional) Repair - State 4
 EC Plate 5 State 4 showing thinner check letters and stars |
