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The Great Britain
1858-1879 1d rose-red showing a plate number 77.
With only three unused* and five used** examples recorded to still exist,
this stamp must rate as one of the world's greatest philatelic rarities.
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It is only now, that thanks to the discovery of
this most remarkable part cover franked with three copies of this iconic stamp,
that questions have been raised over the way the accepted stamps showing a plate
number 77 were printed.
The corner letters on the stamps on this cover match those from plate 73,
and this revelation now must mean that
all the stamps showing a plate number 77, in my opinion, have been produced from other re-engraved plates.
This cover has without doubt put to serious question the old, long-standing belief
that Plate 77 printed the existing and accepted stamps showing a plate number 77.
Through my extensive research on a subject on which practically nothing is recorded or known,
this site puts forward analysis, evidence and food for thought which philatelists should no longer ignore.
We can not rely any longer on the fact that these stamps originate from
the very questionable plate 77 imprimatur sheets.
This site also discusses the vital importance of the role that forensic science can play in the
authentication of a world class rarity such as this.
The two opinions of The Royal Philatelic Society London and The Philatelic Foundation of New York,
both of whom have declared that the stamps on this cover have been faked on grounds that have been discredited scientifically, are a clear example of the philatelic injustice that can exist in this, the 21st Century.
Full details are disclosed on this site.
Abed H Najjar
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* Stamps AB, AC and BA, ** Stamps LL, MI, NC, PH and PI, *** Stamps SK, SL and RL