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Fig. 1: 1st plate |
Fig. 2: 2nd plate |
5 GRANA
To print this value two plates have been used, one prepared by Masini and the second one by De Masa, the stamps made with the second plate appeared from mid January 1859. Some details allow for the identification of the proper plate. Other minor details allow in addition for the identification of the group (right or left) from which the samples are coming. This last point, quite technical, will not be dealt here in detail: in the "Bibliography " section some suggested work is listed for the people who desires to continue the study To be noticed how in the1st plate the double, and multiple printings are quite frequent (some example can be found in the "Going Deep" section).
Fig. 1: 1st plate
Fig. 2: 2nd plate
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1st
PLATE (Fig. 1)
Clean printing without any color smear. The lower left corner is almost always incomplete and the external frame line is not visible. Colors tending toward pink, brown-pink. |
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2nd
PLATE (Fig. 2)
Printings smeared and shaded in very evident way in the whole drawing (please give a look around the label "BOLLO DELLA"). The supporting lines around the stamp are somehow evident and shaded. Colors are brighter than in the first plate and with the tendency toward carmine. |
Catalogued color shades (as per Sassone) - 1st plate
Brownish pink (typical color)
Lilac pink
Brick pink
Bright pink
Carmine pink
Catalogued color shades (as per Sassone) - 2nd plate
Carmine pink (typical color)
Deep carmine
Dark carmine