1d Downey in Scarlet (trial f) on John Allen Paper

The Paper Trials were printed by Seymour Bennett Head of the Stamping Department in December 1911 during the production of the die 2 stamps (plates 6a and 8a were used). These Trials were printed on no watermark paper and imperf. 1d Downey in Scarlet (trial f) on John Allen Paper Machine Finished Underside paper. Inscribed (part of) in the margin Ivybridge F (Allen and Sons). Also inscribed 109 in the corner