Shropshire Philatelic Society the web site of the Shropshire Philatelic Society

      The links within this section will allow you to plate a vast number of the Penny Blacks and Two Pence Blues and Penny Reds that you may have in your collection. Although it does not contain every stamp from every plate, this is the most complete reference available on the net. In addition there are details on the VR official, the photographic forgeries of the Penny Black and rare use of plate 11 examples in both black and red.
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The Penny Black
Select a lettering and compare to confirmed examples
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The Two Pence Blue
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The VR Official
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The photographic forgeries of the Penny Black
A listing of the known letterings with illustrations where available

The Penny Black and Penny Red from plate 11
Almost every known example from this plate has a black Maltese Cross cancellation.
This section details Black and red stamps with other types of postmark ... all are rare

Plate a Penny Red
The stamp image is taken from your own PC and the check letters can be measured on-line
Links are provided to the Plate Life database to narrow the search field
and an on-line measurments database to show the possible plates

Imperforate and perforated stamps used together
The use of Imperforate and perforated stamps together on the same item is rare
The list here details the known examples