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Plate Imprint Flaws

  • Just as the printed stamps were engraved on the plates, so were the various plate markings and inscriptions in the margin

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1¢ Green Plate 3 Lower

1¢G plate 3 s5.webp
"Doubling" in the PO 83.

Plate Position: 3

1¢ Green Plate 7 Upper Left

1¢Gb 7UL4-7 (2).webp
Possible inverted '7' in the inscription.

Plate Position: 7

1¢ Green Plate 10

1¢G Plate 10 st 3.webp
Doubling of the 'O' of the inverted PO.

Plate Position: 10

1¢ Green Plate 14 Lower

1¢G Plate 14 s3.webp
Doubling of the 'O' of Ottawa.

Plate Position: 14

1¢ Green Plate 46 Upper

1¢G 46 upper (3).webp
Doubling of the '4' in the Printing Order # 146.

Plate Position: 46

1¢ Green Plate 46 Upper

1¢G upper Plate 46.webp
Doubling of the '4' in the printing order 146.

Plate Position: 46

1¢ Green Plate 49 Lower

1¢G 49 lower.webp
Doubling of the 'O' of Ottawa

Plate Position: 49

1¢ Green Plate 49 Lower

1¢G lower Plate 49.webp
Doubling in the 'O' of the Ottawa.

Plate Position: 49

1¢ Green Plate 50 Upper

1¢G Plate 50 upper.webp
Doubling of the 'O' in Ottawa.

Plate Position: 50

1¢ Green Plate 60 Upper

1¢G 60 st4.webp
There are extra marks in the 3rd 'A' of Canada and clear doubling in the 2nd '7' of 177

Plate Position: 60

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