Show Me The Best Stamp Of Your Collection

That's absolutely awesome !

Essentially, they are the same stamp. The red cancellation on the black stamp was unsatisfactory and the later black cancellation on the black stamp was not distinctive enough. So, the colour of the ink to print the stamp was changed from black to red.

Many of the "black" plates were used to print both Penny Blacks and then Penny Reds. Plate 11 was a Penny Red plate used for an emergency printing of the Penny Black. Thereafter, it, again, was used to print the Penny Red.

I doubt it is the only stamp in existence that was printed in more than one colour from a plate. Many countries used key plates to do something similar, using one plate for several stamps and a second plate for the value and / or the country name.

Thanks NSK !

Yeah I remember, they used plate 11 to make penny blacks !

Plate 12 was the first red-only plate.

Great ! And if I show you my penny red, could you tell me which plate it is ?

Great ! Therockie !

Evans speculates only 3 or 4 of these exist.

A clear sharp image will be almost essential, but yes I think we can help!

I have no idea what my best stamp is and I've got too many favourites to pick just one, but I do have a soft spot for this stamp.

Awesome, KRellyea !!

Interesting stamp, Bobby !

I'll send you a picture soon

Sorry Bobby but I can't unfortunately take a better picture for now

There's folks here better at plating than me, but on a quick look plate 45 looks promising.

Thanks Bobby !

Wow, Therockie beautiful stamps ! An error and one of the first stamps of Argentina !