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• Preface
• The Reginald M. Philips Collection
• Reflections of a stamp collector
• The London Penny Post
• The treasury competition of 1839
• How to plate a 1d black
• Philatelic signatures
• The 'VR' 1d Black of April 1840
• The most remarkable stamp find in history
• 1840 2d and 1841 2d a plating aid
• The line engraved 1d red-brown
• The 'Union Jack' re-entry
• The 'B Blank' error
• The little 1/2d of 1870
• The embossed adhessive stamps 1847-1854
• The 'abnormal' 9d plate 5
• SG 99. 10d 'abnormal'
• The 'Stock Exchange' forgery of 1872-3
• The two shilling adhesive 1867 - 1880

The 'Union Jack' re-entry

At certain times in the life of the 1841 1d printing plates, they were re-entered by the engraver and touched up to elevate plate wear. In most cases the re-entries can be seen as marks and lines at top or bottom edges and letter and star squares. The most famous and obvious re-entry is on LK from plate 75. The illustration clearly shows why it has been given the name of the Union Jack. The top stars are seriously damaged. SG CAT this popular variety at £700. A fine copy will easily fetch this sum at auction.