SIX CENTS, RED AND SIX CENTS, GREEN.
Short labels with straight ends.
8-1/2 loops on the left; 9 loops on the right.
The date of issue of the SIX CENTS red is generally placed about July 31st. 1853; that of its congener—but with color changed—sometime before Sept. 30th of the same year. As there has never been much demand for a six cent envelope, it is strange that this issue has four distinct heads of Washington, two forms of "SIX", small and large, and different spacings of the word "CENTS". Unlike the last issue, the die is exceedingly well printed, and it is not difficult to get fine copies.
In Varieties 1 and 2 "SIX" is widely spaced:
In Varieties 3 and 4 the spacing is closer.
VARIETY 1.
No description of the head is needed; it is HEAD I of Die 1 of 1853. "CE" very wide; "EN" wide; "NT" near at top and "S" is far from "T".
VARIETY 2.