Plates 15-22 were Wet printed from the same Original Die used for the 5c Blue
Upper plate 15
Upper plate 22
Plates 17-20 had a band of type D lathework at the bottom
Plates 19-20 have the upper right frame line retouched. It appears that the Die itself was not retouched since plates 21 and 22 show the Original Die. Thus it is reasonable to assume that all 400 subjects on each plate were individually retouched.
Plates 21-22 had type D inverted lathework
Plate 21 had a pyramid guide arrow in the left margin and the words R-GAUGE in the right margin
Plate 22 had the words R-GAUGE in the left margin and a pyramid guide arrow in the right margin
Plates 21 and 22 were printed both on normal paper and so called 'thin' paper, which is really somewhat transparent so that the cross hatch in the weave of the paper is readily apparent.
Plates 23-25 were Dry printed from Redrawn Die F 213
Die proofs in Violet on India and in Black on card
Upper plate 23
Upper plate 25
One pane of 100 stamps was printed imperforate probably as a favor
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