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D. Deliveries and Shades Worn Plate and Dirty Plate Impressions
3'd Delivery- March 19, 1849 to February 14, 1850 Red Browns

3'd delivery worn or dirty plate impressions - Found in the red brown shades. Same characteristics as before but with
ink unevenly distributed likely caused by stale ink, low printing temperatures and a worn plate.

Worn plate - Pale red brown Dirty plate - Dark red brown

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Dirty plate - Dark red brown
Stamp used in the first week the Jd delivery was received in Boston
AP 2, 1849 to Wrentham, MA.