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. |