MalteseX's Line Engraved Database
The starting point for the Penny Black plating site — the largest online archive of Penny Black plate images — and the Missing Imprimaturs database.
Penny Black Plating
Scans of Penny Black and Penny Red printings from the 1840-41 plates, organised by plate and sheet position.
Browse & search →Missing Imprimaturs
Scans of missing imprimaturs sheets and placeholders held outside the Post Office archive.
Browse & search →Links
- The Mulready Group
- Sturstamps.com — a friendly, trustworthy dealer in fine line-engraved material
- G.B. Postal Towns — the original site rescued, created by the late John A. McCullogh