SG7 - One Penny Red of 1841 printed from a 'black' plate 10
Printed in Red from the 'Penny Black'
Plate 10
A superb block of four
| Corner letter characteristics: |
| 'KF' K extremely low, F very low |
| 'LF' F very low |
| Die | I |
| Alphabet | I |
| Watermark | Small Crown |
| Perf | Imperf |
| Put to press | 1841 |
| Number issued | unknown |
In 1841 the stamp colour was changed from black to red, and initially some of the same plates used to print the Penny Black were also used to print the Penny Reds. Penny black plates 1b, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 were used to print the first Penny Reds.
Position on plate 10, KE-LF
| AA | AB | AC | AD | AE | AF | AG | AH | AI | AJ | AK | AL |
| BA | BB | BC | BD | BE | BF | BG | BH | BI | BJ | BK | BL |
| CA | CB | CC | CD | CE | CF | CG | CH | CI | CJ | CK | BL |
| DA | DB | DC | DD | DE | DF | DG | DH | DI | DJ | DK | DL |
| EA | EB | EC | ED | EE | EF | EG | EH | EI | EJ | EK | EL |
| FA | FB | FC | FD | FE | FF | FG | FH | FI | FJ | FK | FL |
| GA | GL | ||||||||||
| HA | HL | ||||||||||
| IA | IL | ||||||||||
| JA | JL | ||||||||||
| KA | KE | KF | KL | ||||||||
| LA | LE | LF | LL | ||||||||
| MA | ML | ||||||||||
| NA | NL | ||||||||||
| OA | OL | ||||||||||
| PA | PL | ||||||||||
| QA | QL | ||||||||||
| RA | RL | ||||||||||
| SA | SL | ||||||||||
| TA | TB | TC | TD | TE | TF | TG | TH | TI | TJ | TK | TL |