An 'unhardened' Die Proof without Die number from the original die
A proof taken after the Die was 'hardened' with Die number F-212
All 1c Green stamps were printed using the 'WET' process. Plates 1-30 were printed using the original die and had upper and lower imprints.
Lower Plate 1. Note that plates 1 - 6 had the bottom imprints inverted.
Upper Plate 30
Plates 1-30 also had hand punched PO numbers present on all plates but not necessarily on each pane.
Upper plate 21 used for both PO 115 and PO 123
The Redrawn Die was used for plates 31-170
Redrawn Die I in color of issue
Redrawn Die in Black
Plates 31-140 had both top and bottom imprints
Lower plate 31
Upper plate 140
Plates 141-170 had top imprints and a strip of Lathework in place of the bottom imprints
The upper imprints on plates 163 and 164 were left off for some unknown reason and hand punched numbers were added to identify them. Plates 169 and 170 were also used to print the 1c Yellow and hence are a bit more scarce.
Upper plate 141
Upper plate 170
Plate 163 with a hand punched "163'
Type B Lathework founf on plates 141-166
Type C Lathework found on plates 167-170
A booklet pane of six.
The panes were produced from from several plates that can only be distinguished by minute die differences.
The earliest coils were produced by taking regular sheets and only perforating them horizontally. The sheets were then cut vertically yeilding strips of 10 with an upper selvedge that could be used to 'paste' the strips together to form a coil roll.
A 'starter' strip of coils perfed 8 vertically.
A similar 'end' strip.
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