Typographed, in black, on medium, rather coarsely-wove, deep yellow-green paper.

The four lines forming the frame do not touch each other, but leave wide gaps at the corners. A straight-edge, laid along the top edge of the book in the shield, would cut centrally through the C of CORREOS. There are nineteen horizontal lines in the left top compartment of the shield; eighteen vertical lines in the right top compartment; about seventeen vertical lines in the left bottom compartment; and eighteen horizontal lines in the right bottom compartment. All these lines are thin, and regularly drawn; though some of them are difficult to make out. The easiest test is the cap of Liberty, in front of the book; the top of the cap curls over to the left. The pole on which the cap is supported evidently goes inside the cap, and too much to the right of the center. The arms of the little cross, above the book, are extremely short, in comparison with the long stem. Below the pole and cap of Liberty there is an indescribable, mossy-looking thing, which hides from view the center of the triangular space, between the flags and the bottom edge of the book; so that the large triangle is broken into two unequal ones, and the vertical lines cannot be counted all the way across. Below the right-hand flag are to be seen plainly the butt of the left-hand flag-staff, and the handle of a sword. Below the left-hand flag are visible the butt of the right-hand flag-staff, and the stock of a musket. A semi-circular line arches above the book, cross, etc., and, just above the cross, there is a very tiny, semicircular excrescence on the large semicircle; i.e., the large arched line has an extremely small arch upon it, just above the cross; not central, but placed a shade too far to the right.

Lithographed (?), with CORREOS and the value printed in afterwards, generally more or less out of the proper position. The lower half of the S of DIOS is larger than the upper half. The first A of PATRIA is crossed very low down; the upright stroke of the T slants decidedly over to the left; the tail of the R points directly downwards; the I is almost exactly vertical, and the last A, which is very sharply pointed, is crossed higher up than the first A. The upper fork of the left-hand end of the scroll containing the Latin words is a good distance from the side of the frame. The left upper compartment of the shield contains seventeen horizontal lines; the right upper compartment contains fifteen vertical lines; the left lower compartment contains thirteen vertical lines; and the right lower compartment contains fifteen horizontal lines. The two flags on the face of the shield are very distinct, and all the various lines upon them can easily be counted with the microscope. The little outlined white cross in the center of the upper part of the shield, above the cap of Liberty and the open book, is nicely drawn; and the vertical part is very nearly as long above, as below the arms. The semicircular black line shows a little black ball in it, just above the cross, and the ends of this semicircular line do not quite touch the flag-staves.

Lithographed (including CORREOS and the value), on thin, (but not pelure), very hard, very pale rose, and also on softer, yellow wove paper. The lower half of the S of DIOS is smaller than the upper one, and the tail is joined to the body, making it look very like an 8. The T of PATRIA is vertical; the R has an absurdly swollen head and hardly any tail; the I is much too short, and slants over decidedly to the right; the last A has no cross-bar. Only part of the L of LIBERTAD is visible, instead of the whole of it being” perfectly distinct. The upper fork of the left-hand end of the scroll almost touches the frame, as in the first forgery. The lines in the shield are as follows: Left upper compartment, fourteen horizontal lines; right upper compartment, ten vertical lines; left lower compartment, ten vertical lines; right lower compartment, twelve horizontal lines. The two flags do not show up well from the face of the stamp, but they are better than in the first forgery. The little outlined cross is short and stumpy. The open book below the cross has no lines on it; though there are five dotted, horizontal lines (to represent printing), on the right-hand page, in the genuine. The cap of Liberty in front of the book is a curious, hook- shaped object, and it is not on a pole, though the pole is distinct in the genuine. The staff of the left-hand flag runs right up to the boundary of the shield, and has no spear-head to it. In the genuine, the spear-head is visible, and does not go anywhere near the outline of the shield.