- 1d., chocolate-brown, lake-brown (shades).
- 2d., orange (shades).
- 3d., green, yellow-green (shades).
- 4d., orange (shades).
- 5d., chocolate-brown, lake-brown, verging on bistre (shades).
- 6d., orange.
- 1s. ”
Variety.
- The 1s., divided in half horizontally, has done duty for 6d.
Remarks.—A specimen of the One Penny in the Vice-President’s collection is pin-perforated, but no information is available as to the authenticity of this stamp. Two sets may be made of the One Penny, Three Pence, and Five Pence. The first is found on fairly thick white wove paper, and the second on paper which is thinner and more transparent. A close examination will also show that the two papers are quite different in texture. The paler shades of the One Penny and Five Pence, which appeared in 1863, are found on the thinner paper. All three values are appreciably smaller in size than those printed on the thicker paper, but whether this is due to shrinkage of the paper, or to the engraving of a new plate, is doubtful. The same shade of green was used for the Three Pence in both sets. M. Moens catalogues the Six Pence Halfpenny and Eight Pence as issued with this set; but these two values are not known to the Society as existing in the early shade of orange. The stamps of this series printed in orange, and those of the next set, are frequently met with with the colour changed to brown or even black. These varieties are simply due to oxidation.
Issue II. 1860(?).
Six values. Consisting of the Two Pence, Four Pence, Six Pence, and the One Shilling of the preceding issue, with two new values of Six Pence Halfpenny and Eight Pence added. The central designs of these two latter are similar to those of the other stamps, but the minor details vary. The colour of the four first stamps is changed from orange to scarlet-vermilion. ([Illustrations 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66.])
- 2d., scarlet-vermilion (slight shades).
- 4d. ” ” (”).
- 6d. ” ” (”).
- 6½d.,” ” (”).
- 8d. ” ” (”).
- 1s. ” ” (”).
Variety.
- The 8d. is found cut in half obliquely, and used as 4d.