"7" for "&", S.G.13a
2 were produced, one of which showed "ONE PENNY" shifted to left.
Plate 9
unused Block Larger Than four Sheet of twenty [1-20], with Plate number in top margin and sheet margins all round, position [6] with variety "7" for "&" and "ONE PENNY" shifted to left, position [15] with variety "L" in frame at right, position [2] with stop for colon at left, position [5] with line under "LONG ISLAND" extended at right, positions [7] and [8] with "ONE PENNY" shifted to left, position [10] with "G.R.I." shifted to left, position [18] with line of stops through "ONE PENNY", unused; creasing through the second and fourth horizontal rows; a great rarity.
Details
unused Block Larger Than four Sheet of twenty [1-20], with Plate number in top margin and sheet margins all round, position [6] with variety "7" for "&" and "ONE PENNY" shifted to left, position [15] with variety "L" in frame at right, position [2] with stop for colon at left, position [5] with line under "LONG ISLAND" extended at right, positions [7] and [8] with "ONE PENNY" shifted to left, position [10] with "G.R.I." shifted to left, position [18] with line of stops through "ONE PENNY", unused; creasing through the second and fourth horizontal rows; a great rarity.
Further details
Note: This is one of the two recorded examples of S.G.13a; the other example is an unused single, without the value shift, and was in The Marquess of Bute sale, lot 278; see the next lot. The "L" in frame at right variety is unique, being the only one produced on this stamp. The sheet was typed with the paper out of alignment, so an adjustment had to be made when the lower eight stamps were produced.