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The George VI Definitives 1938 to 1955
One Penny Black & Lake
Two border plates and three vignette plates were used in four different combinations from 5 April 1938 to
6 July 1955:
Border Vignette No. Sheets
Plate Plate Printings Printed
(1) (1)
1 25,814
2 (1) 1 7,160
22 2 5,654
23 11 24,884
15 63,512
Totals
The earliest border and vignettes plates had no number in the margin, but are known by philatelists as Plate (1).
Two printings were made using a combination of Border Plate 2 and Vignette Plate 2, on 10 August 1943 and 26 September 1944.
Vignette Plate 3 was put to press 11 times for the 1d
value, always in combination with Border Plate 2.
The only printing using a combination of Border Plate 2 and
Vignette Plate (1) was on 26 September 1939.
