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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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