Guide Lines to the Penny Black by P.C. Litchfield
One of the most authoritative guides on the Penny Black. This book provides a detailed description of each one of the 2880 stamps produced and the plates from which it was printed. This book was originally published in September 1949 and remains an essential guide for anyone who collects Penny Black Stamps or who is interested in early Victorian line engraved issues. Litchfield takes the reader through the varied history of the Penny Black stamp providing clear explanations of how it was produced from its initial conception and design to the finished product. The book looks at the setting of the soft steel rollers, the hardened steel plates and defects in the printing technique that results in flaws. Litchfield lists the position of every letter from AA, AB, AC etc. to TJ, TK and TL. He also notes the characteristics of a stamp that may help link the stamp to a particular plate. These oddities are printing defects such as the presence ray flaws, “O” flaws, guide lines or double impressions. The book is currently out of print but second hand copies can be obtained from Amazon or occasionally on ebay.
External Book Review:
Nearly sixty years after it was originally published in September 1949 P.C. Litchfield's Guide Lines to the Penny Black remains a must have for any stamp collector who is serious about collecting the Penny Black stamp or whose stamp collection centres on early Victorian line engraved issues. Litchfield's lively history and clear explanations of the entire process of creating the world's first stamp from its initial conception and design through to the setting of the soft steel rollers and eventual hardened steel plates and the consequential tell-tale “defects” that this complicated procedure left behind is essential reading for all philatelists regardless of their individual specializations.
Undoubtedly Litchfield's greatest contribution to the study of the Penny Black, as the title suggests, is in his guide lines to identifying and plating individual stamps. Starting at check letters AA, then AB, AC etc. working through to TJ, TK and TL, he lists the position of each and every letter and notes all known oddities that may help link the stamp to a particular plate such as the presence or not of ray flaws, “O” flaws, guide lines or double impressions. Illustrated throughout with helpful diagrams, this is a book philatelists of all ages and experiences will turn to again and again.
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One of the most authoritative guides on the Penny Black. This book provides a detailed description of each one of the 2880 stamps produced and the plates from which it was printed. This book was originally published in September 1949 and remains an essential guide for anyone who collects Penny Black Stamps or who is interested in early Victorian line engraved issues. Litchfield takes the reader through the varied history of the Penny Black stamp providing clear explanations of how it was produced from its initial conception and design to the finished product. The book looks at the setting of the soft steel rollers, the hardened steel plates and defects in the printing technique that results in flaws. Litchfield lists the position of every letter from AA, AB, AC etc. to TJ, TK and TL. He also notes the characteristics of a stamp that may help link the stamp to a particular plate. These oddities are printing defects such as the presence ray flaws, “O” flaws, guide lines or double impressions. The book is currently out of print but second hand copies can be obtained from Amazon or occasionally on ebay.
External Book Review:
Nearly sixty years after it was originally published in September 1949 P.C. Litchfield's Guide Lines to the Penny Black remains a must have for any stamp collector who is serious about collecting the Penny Black stamp or whose stamp collection centres on early Victorian line engraved issues. Litchfield's lively history and clear explanations of the entire process of creating the world's first stamp from its initial conception and design through to the setting of the soft steel rollers and eventual hardened steel plates and the consequential tell-tale “defects” that this complicated procedure left behind is essential reading for all philatelists regardless of their individual specializations.
Undoubtedly Litchfield's greatest contribution to the study of the Penny Black, as the title suggests, is in his guide lines to identifying and plating individual stamps. Starting at check letters AA, then AB, AC etc. working through to TJ, TK and TL, he lists the position of each and every letter and notes all known oddities that may help link the stamp to a particular plate such as the presence or not of ray flaws, “O” flaws, guide lines or double impressions. Illustrated throughout with helpful diagrams, this is a book philatelists of all ages and experiences will turn to again and again.
Source: http://www.pennyblackstamp.co.uk/penny_black_books.html
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