1841 Penny Red Plate Number

On the bottom left, measuring as is from the end of the red to the bottom of the corners is about 1.5mm.

Your thinking is along of what I had tried to figure out the other day. I have a bunch of Penny books, etc., and I know I've seen measurements. But for the life of me I couldn't find the measurements and gave up before 'googling'. I also had wanted to make a static template to place scans into to get a visual of missing edges. But gave up!

Something as simple as scanning to actual size I couldn't figure out and got frustrated.

Plate 34?

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Hi Stamps4Life,

Yes plate 34 I'd say.

Thanks for looking Bobby.

Speculation as to what this means:

Absolutely no idea!

A previous owner's initials?

That would usually be a watermark reference, but don't know what it alludes to in this case.

Me either. The watermark is a reg. small crown

I guess that WZ1 here is what Michel refers to as "Wz. 1" (i.e. the small crown watermark on GB stamps).

"Wasserzeichen" is German for "watermark".

Thanks Nigel, this makes perfect sense

Ahh, thats it! I knew I had seen this somewhere but could not remember. Thank you.

I cant get this one... I see parts of Plate 24 & 31 !?! Anyone else have an idea? Not the best example as the strike blurs the letters... Tks. Wm.

Hi Stamps4Life,

I've had a good look but I can't find a plate I'm happy with. I've checked plates 1 to 60, and checked plates 12 to 45 twice.

Is the second letter a C or a G? I've looked at both but would like to know what you think it is.

The vertical lines in the right squares should be a big clue shouldn't they?

Opinion.
Right hand character has a horiz serif, I'd think a "G"