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1841 1d Red Plates 12 to 40 Repaired Impressions

Introduction

Scope of the Display

My display exhibits repaired impressions from the earlier repaired plates 12 to 40 of the 1841 penny red imperforate stamps, displaying the different states and characteristics of various letterings that were repaired.

Introduction

Wear is understood to be the usual reason that a plate repair was considered necessary, the repair intended to restore the fine lines of the worn engraving.

Repair of the plate was in most cases by re-entry using a transfer roller applied under high pressure over the existing impression. Most repairs were coincident re-entries with no duplication in the design, but on some occasions duplication ofthe impression occurred and this is known as a non-coincident re-entry.

The principal characteristics of the repaired letterings are described to aid identification of each state.

Bibliography

(1) Queen Victoria Specialised Catalogue Volume 1 Part 1 – Stanley Gibbons, 2020
(2) Repaired Impressions – H Osborne, 1949
(3) The Repairs of the 1841 Penny Plates 1-40 – J. W. M Stone

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Frame 1

  1. Introduction
  2. Plate 12
  3. Plate 16
  4. Plate 16
  5. Plate 17
  6. Plate 17
  7. Plate 17
  8. Plate 18
  9. Plate 18
  10. Plate 18
  11. Plate 18
  12. Plate 25
  13. Plate 25
  14. Plate 28
  15. Plate 30
  16. Plate 30
  17. Plate 33
  18. Plate 34
  19. Plate 34
  20. Plate 40