The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840, by C Nissen.

Published by Stanley Gibbons, 2008.  H/B, 122pp.

A reprint of the original 1922 Charles Nissen publication.  This standard work on the Penny Black illustrates all stamps of each of the eleven plates.  Descriptive notes are provided in a tabulated form for ease of use.  There are appendices on the double letters and re-entries, and an introduction to the printing and plating of the stamps is also provided.  Illustrated in colour and black & white.