173 BF

Folkard states:

State 1:- East side weak.

State 2:- East side stronger; both Postage and value slightly compressed; both check letters thinner.

Folkard's comments re state 2 are confirmed very well by the state 2 example below.

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State 1

State 2

173 BF (Steve Blackledge)

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