. Stamp-collector's magazine. as a substitute forthe slate, whatever its value might havebeen. Type 4th, 1859.—We have here the firstset of stamps having the value indicated inthe space hitherto occupied by the name ofthe island, the word trinidad being promotedto a curve at the top of the rectangle ; onwhite paper. Fourpence forest-green. One shilling blue-black. Similar series, with fine denticulations,January, 1863. FourpenceSixpenceOne shilling blue-slate. The following, issued May, 18C3 (? 1865), ai^e watermarked with the letters c. c. andcrown. Th
. Stamp-collector's magazine. as a substitute forthe slate, whatever its value might havebeen. Type 4th, 1859.—We have here the firstset of stamps having the value indicated inthe space hitherto occupied by the name ofthe island, the word trinidad being promotedto a curve at the top of the rectangle ; onwhite paper. Fourpence forest-green. One shilling blue-black. Similar series, with fine denticulations,January, 1863. FourpenceSixpenceOne shilling blue-slate. The following, issued May, 18C3 (? 1865), ai^e watermarked with the letters c. c. andcrown. The denticulations are coarser. Fourpence pale-mauve. Sixpence light-green. One shilling three, with the brown-red, issued atthe close of 1863, which, we believe, has notyet appeared with the watermark, are thecurrent issue. There are four different obliterating marksfound on the Trinidad stamps ; but, as weare unable at present to assign to them theirrespective dates, we forbear attempting todescribe .-va-lj -n-- NEWLY-ISSUED OR INEDITEDSTAMPS. We commence our article on novelties forthe present month with the pair of types re-presenting, with more or less variation, thenewly-issued Brazilian,that have been expectedfor upwards of a had hoped, when in-troducing these stampsto the notice of ourreaders last month, tohave been able to informthem of whom the profileon the 20 and the 200reis was a representation, but we regret tofind ourselves unable to do so. The Parisianjournals consider it to be the portrait ofthe emperor, notwithstanding the manifestdifference in appear-ance between it andthe full-face likenesson the other fivestamps of the dint of great suc-cess in making be-lieve, it is possibleto detect some faintresemblance betweenthe faces on the two types, but it is far moreprobable that the finely-engraved head onthe 200 reis is that of some Brazilian adopting the engine-turned pattern forthe two stamps bearing the un
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