Lithographed; imperf. The imitation engine-turning is in four separate strips, so that the dark background shows, without any lines upon it, between the strips. This is especially noticeable in the lower three strips. In the genuine stamps, though these lines do show faintly, yet the engine-turning is all in one piece. The name is in two words, NEWFOUND LAND. The apostrophe in JOHN’S is badly shaped; and the comma after POSTAGE is a badly-
shaped full stop. The outer line of the two lines forming the central trefoil is not a drawn line, but is formed by the absence of the engine-turning permitting the dark background to be seen. In the genuine, the outer line is cut through the engine-turning. The leaf on the left of the rose touches the inner border of the trefoil, and the top leaf of the shamrock almost touches the border also. The stem of the thistle does not touch the border; in fact, the stem does not project below the leaves at all. There are only two leaves on the left of the thistle. There is a flaw in the top of the H in JOHN’S, on the left-hand stroke; and the imitation engine-turning projects a very little too far, just under the first D of NEWFOUND LAND, forming a little white spot or lump. The lettering is ragged, and too thin; and the colour is a chalky bluish-green.

Lithographed. Coarsely perf. All the labels are solid, and the lettering and figures look perfectly flat. The “white” of the fish’s eye is white, and very staring, and the spines of the fins are irregular, and not to be counted. The whole stamp is coarsely executed on very white paper.

Coarsely perf. 13 1/2. Lithographed. The seal’s whiskers are very dark and coarse, and do not seem to belong naturally to his mouth. The head is like that of a water-rat, and there is no visible mouth or eye. The whole of the horizon seems to be filled with icebergs. The lettering and figures at the top are generally more or less imperfect.

The genuine 5 C. was reprinted in black in 1869, and has also been forged; but the above descriptions, changing the color from brown to black, will serve for them, as both genuine and forged were printed from their respective original matrices.

Lithographed; perf. 13. This stamp has been very carefully copied from the original, almost line for line, and it is almost impossible to give a verbal description of the small differences in some parts of the ornamental frame. It is printed on very yellowish paper, and the ink is very pale, instead of being dark black as in the original. On the left side of the collar at the bottom, there is a single row of pearls, very distinct. The white lines on the right shoulder are very coarse, and are simply drawn obliquely, without any curve. This is a stamp which might possibly deceive; but if the other distinctions fail, we can always discover it by the perforation, which is 13 instead of 12.

Lithographed on a very white paper. Coarsely perf. 13. Only three pearls to be seen on the coronet; the two at the front being absent, and the last pearl not at all hidden by the hair. The stop after NEWFOUNDLAND is at some little distance from the final D. The ground behind the back, and top of the head, cross-shaded. Tongue of buckle dark, and shaded all over.

Lithographed, on very white paper; perf. 13. Background of name-label is solid. The w and f of name are the only ones which really touch each other. hir of thirteen set some distance from each other. Indistinct white blotch in lieu of rocks in left bottom corner. Clouds composed of horizontal lines only, and very heavy. St. George’s flag curved (as if its back were broken), and very indistinct. Hull of vessel no darker than waves. No dots over un of name.

Lithographed. Coarsely perf. 12 1/2. The oval frame is rounded over the words ONE CENT, instead of coming to a point. The N. and F. are small, and do not come near either the outer or inner lines of frame. The stops are small, and badly shaped. The name is in two perfectly distinct words; and there is a good space between all the letters. There are only 10 lines in the plaid. The rays in the frame are far too distinct, and the light ones are cross-shaded. The eyes in the portrait are very black and staring.