The left and right hand top stamps (1 and 5) of the 6d. value shew the sloping label, which is now very prominent (see [plate X].).

All the values shew variations in the marks on the back hair and in the curls.


Chapter V.

Issue of 1886-87.

n 1886 a number of the stamps began to appear on the paper watermarked Crown C.A., the initials of "Crown Agents." The colours were changed, and a new value inscribed "2½ penny" on the value tablet was added. The values and colours are—

½d. grey-green, myrtle-green (shades).
1d. carmine, rose-carmine, crimson.
2d. orange-yellow, orange, deep orange.
2½d. pale ultramarine, deep ultramarine.
3d. grey, slate-grey, pearl-grey.
4d. brown, deep brown.
6d. olive-green, bronze-green, grey-green.
1s. violet, deep violet.