1857 PLATE PROOFS
Robert H. Pratt considered, The Pence Issues of Newfoundland 1857-1866, p. 56, that only one sheet of each value was printed in black on thick card. The quantities would have been:- 1p (120), 2p (20), 3p (80), 4p (20), 5p (40), 6p (20), 6½p (20), 8p (20) and 1sh (20)
Proof 1p, 2p, 3p, 5p marginal, 6½p, 8p, 1sh from the corner of the sheet, plate proofs in black on thick card; 3p with small grease spot mostly in the margin at foot, 1sh slightly yellowed, otherwise fine
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Proof 1p, 2p, 3p, 5p marginal, 6½p, 8p, 1sh from the corner of the sheet, plate proofs in black on thick card; 3p with small grease spot mostly in the margin at foot, 1sh slightly yellowed, otherwise fine
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