Plate 155

General outline history

As per Statham.

Registered - 16 September 1852

PTP - 30 November 1852

EKU - 1 January 1853

Taken from press May 1853?

Repaired May/June 1853?

173-7 registered 20 July 1853

PTP November 1853?

EKU State 2 - 9 February 1854

Taken from press April 1854?

Repair completed 27 April 1854 (engraving book)

PTP late May 1854?

EKU State 3 - 1 July 1854

Defaced 24 August 1854

Later states study

Images used are ascribed to their owners by full name apart from Bill Barrell [BB], Graham Wylde [GW], Winston Hollins [WH], David Lewthwaite [DL], Kevin Maunder [KM] and Scott Treacey [ST].

Key stamps

155 PK p 21Apr1854 [WH] This stamp is in state 3 and is dated early for a perforated stamp.

Position IL has two dateable stamps in state 2.

AP 2018-19

* I've found that certain areas of the plate had another repair between the accepted first repair and the second repair. This seems to involve the retouching of some of the weakest check letters without any re-entry (as far as I can see).

One of the things I've noticed is that many of the letterings from the last repair have strong curving lines in the lower right corner of the background. [WH]