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- Registration Date: 9 June 1855.
- Put to press 8 June 1855.
- Earliest recorded use 4 July 1855.
- Last printing 7 April 1857.
- Destroyed: 29 October 1861.
- Sheets Printed 89,500
- Missing Imprimaturs AA-AL BA-BH TA.
- Constant Plate characteristics: Alphabet 2. (These letters are generally bigger than alphabet 1)
- This plate started life being printed on small crown watermarked paper. Soon after the start of printing the large crown paper was introduced.
- Both types of watermarked paper were perforated in 14 and 16.
- Estimated number of sheets (Statham)
- Small crown Perf 16 10,000 (SG F3)
- Small crown Perf 14 2,500 (SG F4)
- Large crown Perf 16 1000 (SG F5)
- Large crown Perf 14 85000 (SG F6)
- Re-Entries: Fresh Entry (This is a re-entry occurring in the initial laying down of the plate) CB DB
- Repairs: There were no repairs however some stamps developed corrosion marks during use.
- For details of double letters, corrosion and other varieties please see Volume 18 of "The Essential Guide to the Great Britain Line Engraved 1d and 2d Stars 1840-64" by Dr Kenneth Statham. Pub E Paul Ltd. ISBN 1-899930-24-8. Also "Two Pence Blue Plating Guide" by Mike Jackson ISBN 978-0-9528274-6-7. Also see "British Line Engraved Stamps Twopence Blue Studies of plates 1-15" by H Osborne, MD.
Missing Imprimatur positions courtesy of [1]
For the later States see sections after the T Row
State 1
A Row
B Row
C Row
D Row
E Row
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F Row
G Row
H Row
I Row
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K Row
L Row
M Row
N Row
O Row
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P Row
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S Row
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