Crown, small, with three strawberry leaves visible within a double linear octagon; floral emblems badly drawn, the head of the thistle touching the side of star; background of scratches; numerals in each angle placed so that the bottom is just above the flower.

Heavy shading in front of- locomotive, the funnel of which is almost the same thickness throughout. A coarse background of horizontal lines, crossed by oblique lines going from left to right.

A miserable production. Face and neck almost devoid of shading. Lettering very bad; no hyphen between NEW and BRUNSWICK. or period before TWO. Numerals on solid ground.

Face and neck very white; tiara of Queen rather near to ring of oval; no hyphen between NEW and BRUNSWICK; background coarse, and lettering poor.

Same center used as for the 5 Cent; therefore, no hyphen between words of name; X in poorly-shaped single-lined ovals.

Lithographed on very white wove paper, rather thin; perf. 13. There is a strongly-marked white line which runs the whole length of the hull, and which is not visible in the originals. The smoke seems to go behind both masts and flag, and the flag itself stands out much too prominently. There is a “dolphin-striker” on the bowsprit, rather small, but perfectly distinct. The perforation is tolerably good, but is 13 instead of 12. The wake of the vessel consists of three very white lines. One glance at this stamp is enough to condemn it; for, though carefully copied, it is impossible not to notice the vast difference of finish and
execution between the taille-douce original and the lithographed forgery. There are two postmarks, either of which is used indifferently for the forgeries. The one is an imitation of the old British Guiana postmark (without the numerals) and the other has four concentric circles, with short parallel lines in center. The forgeries are ungummed, whereas the originals generally have a good deal of thick yellowish-brown gum.