Item Title:
Die - Intaglio - 1857-1864 1d Perkins Bacon intaglio die, defaced with abrasion lines. St. John's Newfoundland. Steel. Stone: 'The E of 'Postage' has overrun the panel cut for it.' Noted in the Engraving Records: 22nd July 1856: 'Engraving Postage Die St. J. Newfoundland one penny'. See De Worms, P: Perkins Bacon Records, Vol I Pl XII - 5.