Great Britain Twopence Plate Nine

a study of the plate and its repairs

Plot

CONTENTS.
I. INTRODUCTION.
II. HISTORY AND GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE PLATE. Preparation of the Plate.
The Transfer Roller.
Laying Down the Plate.
The Colour of the Stamps.
The Paper and Watermarks.
The Perforations.
" Off Centre " Stamps.
Imperforate Varieties.
The Significance of Plate Markings.
The White Lateral Network and Numerals. Double Letters.
Fresh Entry : Re-entry : " Shadow Entry." Life of the Plate.
The Plate before Repair.
The Very Early Printings.
The Later Printings.
III. THE REPAIR OF 1866.
IV. THE REPAIR OF 1868.
V. DETAILS OF THE STATES OF PLATE AND THE REPAIRS.
VI. PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS THEREOF.
VII. CONCLUSION.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHARTS.
1. Nature and Distribution of Repair of 1866.
2. Nature and Distribution of Repair of 1868.
PHOTO PLATES.
I. Upper Portion of Sheet before the First Repair.
II. Lower Portion of Sheet after the First Repair.
III. Block of Plate Proofs prepared for the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
IV. Paris Exhibition Plate Proofs showing the Repair of 1866.
V. Paris Exhibition Plate Proofs showing the Repair of 1866.
VI. Paris Exhibition Plate Proofs showing the Repair of 1866.
VII. Right Marginal Block in an Early State of the Plate.
" J " Vertical Row Examples of Hand Retouch in the 1868 Repair.
VIII. Marginal Block of Twelve Stamps all showing the 1868 Repair.
IX. Stamps with the Same Check Letters in Three States.
X. Unused Vertical Strip and Dated Pieces in State 3 compared with Earlier States.
XI. Strip from the "S " Row in the Late State showing the 1868 Repair.
Three States of " TK " and " TL " compared.
XII. Three States of " TJ " with Dated Pieces in each State.