First printing 28th May 1840, withdrawn November 1841. Plate 5 was much repaired over its life time of use. The main outstanding feature is the bulging base line under the "O" in the one, it is noticeable in the majority of stamps, also the weak side lines more usually on the left hand side,. in the repaired state these can not be seen.

1d. Reds printed (30.12.1840) from the black Plate:-

First printed 26th June 1840 scraped 9th January 1841. All stamps from AA to GF clearly show the "O" flaw stage 2, to a lesser degree as all stamps on row H do, the other stamps on these rows display a Stage 1 "O". Overall the side frames are of a firmer appearance. Look out for stamps printed on a thinner trial paper.

No 1d Reds were printed from Plate 7.

First printed 3rd June 1840 scraped 8th September 1841, The "O" flaw state 2 exists in most of the stamps AA to OJ , The state 1 "O"flaw is virtually on every other stamp of this plate. OK to TL. Many of the Impressions on this plate were repaired. It is very interesting to note that from this Plate Printing of both Red and Black exist, from the un-retouched original plate. As do in the Highly sought after repaired states, good examples being PG,RG,SE,SG,TG,TH. The repairs were executed by re-entry covering up the "O"flaw of the original printings. Later a second repair took place of this plate again copies are printed in both Black and Red. A third repair was carried out in late 1841 which only affected the final Red printings, many sought after stamps can be found in the Stanley Gibbons GB specialized Q.V. catalogue.

1d. Reds were printed from this black Plate:-

"O" Flaw state 1	"O" Flaw state 2	"O" Flaw state 3