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Repairs of the 1d Imperf Plate 8 and a Revised Print Record

Introduction

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Exhibit provided by
Kevin Maunder
Competition
R. A. G. Lee Cup 2024
Scope of the Display

My display exhibits original and later states of impressions from imperforate penny plate 8, also focussing on dated covers to demonstrate that a later currently unrecorded printing from the plate occurred following the 3rd or final repair.

Introduction

Plate 8 was first printed in black on 31 July 1840 by the printer McMurdie and at some point in 1840 underwent a repair to two letterings only (GE and HE) before red ink was adopted on 4 January 1841. The plate underwent two further repair stages during its lifetime, the 2nd or provisional repair just prior to the final provisional black p·rinting of January/February 1841 consisting of 11 letterings and resulting in the very scarce provisional black issue and finally somewhat later the 3rd or final repair to some 93 letterings in red only.

I consider that there was insufficient time during the recorded printing period (Ref. Druce) for so many late repairs to have occurred with few gaps in McMurdie's daily print record to allow many of these 93 repairs to have been undertaken and my display demonstrates from the evidence of dated material that a later currently unrecorded period of printing occurred following the 3rd or final repair.

From this research I attempt to establish new information on when the final repair likely occurred and propose a revised sheet count for plate 8 currently recorded by Druce and the Specialised SG Catalogue.

Plan of the Display

1 Introduction
2 Characteristics of Original & Repaired States
3 Survey of Red State 1 Covers
4‑8 Red State 1 Covers
9‑10 The 2nd or Provisional Repair
11‑12 Survey of Covers from the 3rd Repair and a Revised Print Record
12‑16 Covers from the 3rd or Final Repair

Bibliography

1) Perkins Bacon Line Engraved Postage Stamp Printing 1840‑1846 – Alan Druce
2) Frank L, Walton FRPSL, Perkins Bacon Archive No. 1, General Account of Postage Labels, RPSL, 2013
3) Repairs of the 1841 One Penny Plates 1‑40 – J.W.M. Stone
4) Repaired Impressions – H Osborne, 1949
5) Perkins Bacon, Weekly Account of Work Dec 1832‑April 1843, PB121011, RPSL
6) GB Specialised Stamp Catalogue, Queen Victoria Volume 1 Part 1, 2020, Stanley Gibbons

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Frame 1

  1. Introduction
  2. Characteristics of the Repairs
  3. The First Repair of 1840
  4. Survey of Dated Covers of Red Prints in the Original State
  5. Dated Covers of Red Prints in the Original State
  6. Dated Covers of Red Prints in the Original State
  7. Dated Covers of Red Prints in the Original State
  8. Dated Covers of Red Prints in the Original State
  9. The 2nd or Provisional Repair of January 1841
  10. The 2nd or Provisional Repair of January 1841
  11. The Final Repair
  12. The Late Printing of Plate 8 and a Revised Print Record
  13. Dated Covers from the 3rd or Final Repair
  14. Dated Covers from the 3rd or Final Repair
  15. Dated Covers from the 3rd or Final Repair
  16. Dated Covers from the 3rd or Final Repair