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Newfoundland ABN Plate Proofs of the 1897 Royal Family and 1908 2¢ Map Stamps

John M. Walsh, from the collection of Ed Wener

1897-1901 Royal Family: ½¢ King Edward VIII as a child

List of proofs
Stamp colour & issue date	Printing order date	Printing order #	Quantity ordered	Proof image	Plate size	Qty of proof stamps	Date on proof	SPECIMEN o/p colour, size (mm)	Notes
Olive Aug. 1898	27 May 1898		1,000,000	Image 1	200	200	June 1898	Red, 15.0 x 2.75	1
	1 July 1904		200,000	Image 2	200	200	July 1904	Red, 13.0 x 2.0	1
	2 Dec. 1905		200,000	Image 3	200	200	11 Dec. 1905	Red, 14.0 x 2.0	1
	23 Aug. 1906		250,000	Image 4	200	200	Sept. 1906	Red, 14.0 x 2.0	1
	23 Oct. 1909	F2230	100,000	Image 5	2 x 100	400	30 Oct. 1909	Red, 14.0 x 2.0	2, 3
	See above	See above	See above	Image 7	2 x 100	See above	30 Oct. 1909	Red, 14.0 x 2.0	2, 4

Notes:

There is a vertical guide arrow between the panes in the top and bottom margins.
There is a gutter between the panes and a vertical guideline in the top and bottom margins. The plate number, 2, is in the upper right margin.
The printing order number F2230 appears on both proof panes. The left pane also has printing order number F2190, but it is struck out.
This proof came from the Christie's ABN sale, but is not illustrated in Ed Wener's slides. It is from the same printing order as the preceding proof and has the same printing order number, F2230.

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1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 1: pair of panes

1. Proof 1, pair of panes

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 2: pair of panes

2. Proof 2, pair of panes

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 3: sheet of 200

3. Proof 3, sheet of 200

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 4: sheet of 200

4. Proof 4, sheet of 200

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 5: pair of panes

5. Proof 5, pair of panes

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 5 detail

6. Detail, image 5

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, proof 6: top two rows

7. Proof 6, top two rows

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, comparison of proofs. Top row: right pane of proofs 5, 1. Middle row: left pane of proofs 5, 1. Bottom row: left pane of proof 2.

8. Images 5, 1, 2

1897 Royal Family, half-cent, comparison of proofs 5, 4, 3

9. Images 5, 4, 3

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