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1840 Black Plates
1840 Issues Plate 1a
Red Cross Black Cross
April 27, 1840
17,000 sheets
NW ray flaw
Plate 1a. Norwich to Lynn. Black “NORWICH / JY 4 / 1840” datestamp on the reverse.
The first plate was put to press without the steel having been hardened, causing premature wear. It was
removed from printing after only a few weeks, the impressions re-entered, the steel hardened, and was
re-registered on May 23, 1840
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