These two stamps arrived yesterday.
Stamp GD was described by the seller as plate 162.
HF was described as (of all things) plate 60.
In fact both are from plate 155, and GD is in the second state (weaker checkletters and stronger right sideline).
The misplating of GD can be forgiven as the letter position of plates 155 and 162 is similarish.
HF should not - the stamp clearly has alphabet 2 checkletters, so how it was plated as an alphabet 1 plate is anyones guess.
This isn't a complaint - these would have sold for significantly higher than I paid if they were correctly plated.
HF is a large stamp, and a great bargain at £1.70!
Moral of the story: if you're looking for specific plates, always check everything.
