Red Maltese Cross on Penny Black 1840
Plate 1b
A nice four-margin Penny Black with a heavy strike of a red Maltese Cross
The red maltese cross was changed to black in Feb 1841
| Plate | Registered | number issued (in black) |
In red |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Note the colour refers to the stamp not the cancel) | |||
| 1a | 15 Apr 1840 | 10,052,400 | |
| 1b | yes | ||
| 2 | 22 Apr 1840 | 7,659,120 | yes |
| 3 | 9 May 1840 | 4,786,800 | |
| 4 | 19 May 1840 | 6,701,760 | |
| 5 | 1 June 1840 | 8,616,480 | yes |
| 6 | 17 June 1840 | 9,095,040 | |
| 7 | 8 July 1840 | 8,137,680 | |
| 8 | 31 July 1840 | 7,180,320 | yes |
| 9 | 9 Nov 1840 | 3,840,000 | yes |
| 10 | 9 Dec 1840 | 1,920,000 | yes |
| 11 | 27 Jan 1841 | 168,000 | yes |