Plate Number on the Sheet Selvage
A Catalogue of Selected Illustrations in the R M Phillips Collection.
a. Line-Engraved
Plate numbers in all four corners of the sheet
Image source R M Phillips Collection Vol III pg 21 showing Plate 8
| Description | Volume and page |
| One Penny Black - Plate 1 | Vol VII pg 3 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 2 (block of 33) | Vol III pg 13 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 5 (Red printing) | Vol III pg 27 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 8 | Vol III pg 21 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 9 (Red printing) | Vol III pg 29 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 10 (Red printing) | Vol III pg 31 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 10 (Red printing) | Vol XIV pg 2 |
| One Penny Black - Plate 11 | Vol III pg 24 |
| Official stamp VR - Plate A | Vol III pg 24 |
| Five Penny Black plates from imprimatures (1, 2, 3, 5, and 8) | Vol III pg 7 |
| Two penny Blue - plate 1 | Vol VII pg 3 |
| Penny Red Die 1 - Plate 30 (top left and top right) | Vol XIV pg 7 |
| Penny Red Die 1 - Plate 37 (top left and top right) | Vol XIV pg 8 |
| Penny Red Die 1 - Plate 53 (bottom left and right) | Vol XIV pg 12 |
| Penny Red Die 1 - Plate 64 and 66 | Vol XIV pg 14 |
| Penny Red Die 1 - Plate 65 | Vol XIV pg 15 |
| Two Pence plate 4 (bottom left and right) | Vol XIX pg 8 |
| Two Pence plate 4 (top left) | Vol XIX pg 10 |
| Penny Red Die 2 - Plate 56 (block 6 x 12) | Vol XXII pg 43 |
| Penny Red Die 2 - Plate 146 (circled) current number 163 | Vol XXVIII pg 25 |
| Penny Red Die 2 - Plate 191 (circled) | Vol XXXVIII pg 34 |
| Two Pence plate 9 | Vol XXIX pg 3 |
| Two Pence plates 12 and 13 (circled) | Vol XXIX pg 6 |
| ½d plate 5 (circled) | Vol XXIX pg 38 |
| ½d plate 19 (circled) | Vol XXIX pg 37 |
| 1½d plates 1 (not circled) and 3 (circled) | Vol XXIX pg 41 |
| 1½d plate 1 (not circled) | Vol XXIX pg 43 |
| 1½d plate 3 (circled) also showing current number 193 | Vol XXIX pg 45 |
For line-engraved sheet markings see Seymour and Hill page 94
b. Surface Printed
Plate numbers at top right and bottom left of the sheet
Image source R M Phillips Collection Vol XXXII pg 35 showing Plate 10
| Description | Volume and page |
| 2½d plate 8 (AK) and the current number | Vol XXXIII pg 36 |
| 4d plate 1 (corner) | Vol XXXII pg 6 |
| 4d plate 4 (AK) | Vol XXXI pg 15 |
| 4d plates 10 (AK) and 12 (AK) | Vol XXXII pg 35 |
| 4d Plate 12 (TB) and current number | Vol XXXII pg 32 |
| 4d plate 15 colour trial (AK) | Vol XXXIV pg 27 |
| 4d plate 15 in sage-green (AK) | Vol XXXIV pg 32 |
| 4d plate 17 in brown (TB) | Vol XXXIV pg 35 |
| 6d plate 11 pane (TB) | Vol XXXIII pg 19 |
| 6d plate 13 pane (TB) | Vol XXXIII pg 54 |
| 6d plate 16 pane (AK) | Vol XXXIII pg 59 |
| 9d plate 2 (AK) | Vol XXXII pg 22 |
| 9d plate 4 pane (AK) | Vol XXXII pg 47 |
| 1s plate 1 (corner) | Vol XXXI pg 9 |
| 1s plate 4 pane (TB) | Vol XXXIII pg 3 |
| 1s plate 5 colour trial in blue (AK) | Vol XXXII pg54 |
| 1s plates 9 (AK), 10 (corner) and 13 (corner) | Vol XXXIV pg 8 |
| 2s plate 1 pane (TB) | Vol XXXIII pg 13 |
| 5s plate 1 pane (HA corner) | Vol XXXVI pg 29 |
| 5s plates 1, 2 (AJ corner) and 4 (HA corner) | Vol XXXVI pg 25 |
| £1 1878 plate 1 pane (AJ corner) | Vol XXXVI pg 34 |
For surface-printed sheet markings see Beaumont and Easton pages 323 to 333
For the current number on the selvage go here