Lithographed, on thin white wove paper; perf. All values from same stone. Inscription on right-hand label reads PR. GORE. The p is like two I’s joined top and bottom, but without the little tail. The stops are very small. The ear is almost hidden by the hair and whisker. The cleft or dimple in the chin is very slight, and oblique. The colors closely resemble those of the originals. I must give the forgers credit for having made some excellent imitations. I
pored over these stamps for a long time, before I noticed any variations between the genuine and the false; and even now, I fear that these differences are not very prominent. The perforation is a good test; it is large and very clear in the genuine, but very poor in the forgeries. This, and the prominent ear and the little tail to the T’s, are the only points which show the genuine stamps. The forgeries are printed in sheets of 25, 5 x 5, and postmarked with four concentric circles, like the old Baden postmark. Both these and the Dominica forgeries are destitute of gum.