[Great Britain] - Double Sided Advertising Plate for "Siderographic Specimen of the Plan for the Preventing of Forgery of Bank Notes submitted to the Bankers of the United Kingdom By Perkins, Fairman & Heath. 69 Fleet Street, London" Very Fine. A rare security engraving type. Individual engraved advertising plate extracted from Ackermann's "Repository"(pencil notation on back bottom edge). Face and back directly printed to thin card stock using "Hardened Steel Plate" intaglio by Perkins, Fairman & Heath. Oblong, octavo. 9.5 cm by 19.0 cm with wide margins all sides. Face, black engraving only on card. Center, American styled Minerva standing, but supporting the British shield. Top, cherubs as used on Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. American die. Small dies, side tall vignettes, and counters. Back, all in deep blue. Interlocking oval lathe across center and at sides. Quartet of female profile vignettes, cherubs top and bottom. Some minor foxing spots or rust, these are generally confined to the perimeter margins. Historically important, early intaglio engraving type. Ex Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC Sale, lot 2102 (realized $381.88); Gene Hessler Collection. From The LII Collection.

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