Plates 13 - 18 were Wet printed with upper imprints
and a band of type D Lathework at the bottom.
Plate 13
Plate 18
Type D Lathework
Plates 17 and 18 had a guide arrow in the right margin
Plates 19 and 20 were Wet printed with type D Inverted Lathework
Plate 19
Plate 20
Type D inverted Lathework
For some reason this Lathework seems to be very rare.
Plates 21 and 22 were printed using both the Wet and Dry processes.
Both Plates had type D lathework
Plate 21
Plate 22 upper right
A few sheets of the 10c Blue were Squat printed.
This means that the paper was put on the press sideways and hence shrank vertically instead of the normal horizontal shrinking that distinguishes the Wet printings.
The only known examples of these printings are stamps that have been precancelled.
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