- 9d., lilac.
(D) Imperforate.
- 1d., orange-yellow.
- 2d., dark rose.
- 3d., dark blue.
- 6d., bluish-green.
- 9d., lilac.
Remarks.—The Two Pence, rouletted, is unknown to the Society. The variety is described in The Halifax Philatelist for November, 1888, page 129. The writer says the specimen seen was used, and on part of the original envelope “it has a fine wide margin, and shows the roulette cuts plainly.”
The imperforate stamps are believed to be proofs, and not to have been issued in this state. A paper on the minor varieties found in these stamps was published in The Halifax Philatelist for September, 1888. The author is Mr. David Lang, and the article a very interesting one. The following is a reproduction of it:
“VARIETIES OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND STAMPS.
“This province has the reputation of issuing the worst-looking series of stamps in design and execution of any of the British North American provinces. On examining them closely there are a number of varieties in the stamps of which I propose to give a short list of the most conspicuous. In the
“One Penny, printed in sheets of thirty; six rows of five stamps each.
“Second row, fifth stamp: White line above ‘N’ in ‘ISLAND’ broken, filled with solid colour for about one-eighth inch.
“Second row, second stamp: Full stop above ‘L’ in ‘ISLAND.’