拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

In addition to the catalogue description:
- trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline at left and above, trimmed to or fractionally inside the subject at right.
- trimmed slightly irregularly just below the text at the bottom.
- a small paper loss, measuring circa 22 x 10 mm., at upper left, repaired and made-up with pen and ink (old repair).
- a short repaired tear with tiny, associated losses at the upper right corner (old repair).
- the sheet toned.
- some very minor staining, surface dirt and a few pale pinpoint foxmarks.
- two tiny un-inked spots at lower left, near Vulcan's feet.
- with the usual horizontal central fold, flattened and mostly visible verso.
Otherwise as described.