Talk:Penny Red

Confusing statement

The article states "The stamps were printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12 stamps), so one row cost 1 shilling and a complete sheet one pound. This situation continued with all postage stamps issued until 1971 when decimal currency was introduced and the sheet size was changed to 200, (20 rows of 10 stamps) making the lowest value denomination, (half pence), one pound per sheet. -- This can't be correct; British stamps were printed in a variety of values (including ₤1), shapes (rectangle, square); and sizes. They can't all have been printed in sheets of 240 (or 200) and certainly did not total ₤1). Ecphora (talk) 10:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Clarified 240 stamps per sheet configuration. A sheet of half-pence stamps cost £1 but obviously higher values cost more per sheet. ww2censor (talk) 01:24, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Numbers produced?

How many sheets was printed, and ca. how many stamps was made? 51.174.17.218 (talk) 10:39, 1 March 2020 (UTC)