| ½d. dull green and green (plates[ 2 ]and [3]). |
| 1d. carmine and carmine ([plate 2]). |
| 1d. deep carmine and deep carmine ([plate 3]). |
| 2d. orange and mauve ([plate 2]). |
| 2½d. ultramarine and ultramarine ([plate 2]). |
| 3d. mauve and pale ultramarine ([plate 2]). |
| 3d. deep mauve and deep ultramarine ([plate 3]). |
| 4d. brown and ultramarine ([plate 2]). |
| 6d. olive-green and carmine ([plate 2]). |
| 1s. violet and green ([plate 2]). |
All the stamps were printed at two impressions, the general design being printed from the key plate, and the name Gambia and the value tablet by a "duty" plate printed separately. In the ½d., 1d. and 2½d. values, however, both key and duty plates were impressed in the same colour. The plates are constructed to print sheets of 120 stamps, divided in two panes of 60 stamps each. The plate number appears in the margin above and below each pane ([plate XVI.]). It consists of an uncoloured figure on a circular ground of colour, and is printed by the key plate. The plate numbered "2" was used for all the values in the set, but later printings of the ½d., 1d. and 3d. were printed from [plate III]. In the case of the ½d. and 1d. the printings from [plate III]. do not shew any marked variation in shade; but in the case of the 3d. both the mauve and the ultramarine colours are distinctively deeper.
The perforation throughout gauges 14; the watermark is Crown C.A. as in the last issue, but upright instead of sideways, as these postage—postage plates were constructed to fit the watermarked paper.
Chapter VII.
King's Head Series, 1902-1906.
