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Many different plates were produced and the printers added a mark to each plate to identify the actual printing plate that had been used.

Mark under 12th stamp [10K]
Mark under 11th stamp [10K]
Mark under 10th stamp [10K]

The marks can be found in the lines placed around the sheet. These marks generally appear in the middle of a line beneath a stamp close to the control number.

Dot and Cut Marks [6K]

The type of marking also varies, some using cuts whith others using a dot.

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