Position 82

  • Early Printing / Impression ancienne
  • Impression tardive / Late Printing
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Perforation:
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Perforation:
Early and Late Proof Images
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Calder's notes

About 2 mm from the East end, the North outer frame line is thin; main position dot is slightly North centre and full or nearly full towards West.

Kershaw's notes

There is a single horizontal frame break TR with a short transfer along the lower frame.

Morel's notes

Position dot in left oval and weak transfer across bottom frame line, as well as strong thickening of the LL inner frame line.Top broken horizontal frame line at top right corner.3 faint dots in center of the right 7, constant, and also present on early and late proofs.This copy also show a series of minor flaws, potentially from a damaged plate (pitted) in the top half of the design (shown in orange) as well as a faint oblique dash above the right 8, similar to position 12, 22, and 32.

Stamps from printing orders 1 to 5A were perf. 11.75, stamps from printing orders 5B to 7 were perf. 12 x 11.75 and those from printing orders 8 to 12 were perf. 12.