Lithographed on thinnish unsurfaced paper, ungummed; perf. 13.

5 Reis.—I am obliged to take this value separately, as it is different from the others. It may be known from the genuine 5 Reis. by the following tests:

• The letters of CORREIO are too tall, and some of them touch (or almost touch) the outline at the top
• The line under CORREIO touches the boundary-line on both sides of the stamp, and the line above the value touches on the left side only.
• The right-hand end of the Etruscan ornament in the circle points towards the E of PRINCIPE instead of outwards.
• The little ornaments in the corners are wrong; all the ends pointing one way, instead of all pointing inwards as the genuine ones do.
• The pearls are much too small, and are separate.

10, 20, 25, 50 & 100 Reis.—All these are from one matrix, which is distinct from that of the 5 R. The little pearls in the circle round the crown are all separate from each other, and there are only 98 of them. In some copies there is no accent to be seen at all, and in others (20 and 25 Reis) it is over the separate letter E instead of the E of THOME. The lines under CORREIO and above the value do not touch the outer boundary-line on either side. A straight line drawn upwards through the center of the crown and of the cross on the top of it, would pass between the E and P. The body of tile 1 of REIS widens out at top and bottom where it meets the transverse strokes. The circles above NC of PRINCIPE, and in the other three corresponding corners, have no ornament in them. The little white space in the center of each 0 of CORREIO is a rectangle. The letters of the name are much too thick, and are very clumsy. The postmark is like our own, but minus the central figures.