. Stamp-collector's magazine. common; the pink is the scarcestof all, except, perhaps, the light blue. Tlireepence. Large irregular-shaped designwith curved external lines; NATALin curved line above, immediatelyunderneath is the crown, with one letter on each in oval medallion inthe lower part of the stamp; thebordering ornamented with ovalprojections. On pink paper only. Sixpence. Rectangular frame ; the cornersbending inwards and ornamented ;the crown flanked by the in the centre of the in curved line above, six-pence in two lines beneath.
. Stamp-collector's magazine. common; the pink is the scarcestof all, except, perhaps, the light blue. Tlireepence. Large irregular-shaped designwith curved external lines; NATALin curved line above, immediatelyunderneath is the crown, with one letter on each in oval medallion inthe lower part of the stamp; thebordering ornamented with ovalprojections. On pink paper only. Sixpence. Rectangular frame ; the cornersbending inwards and ornamented ;the crown flanked by the in the centre of the in curved line above, six-pence in two lines green paper varies in shade ; some specimensare of a very bluish green; those mostgenerally met with are of an apple green, orrather a bright decided green. * [Our penny, which is unused, is many shades palerthan our threepenny.—Ed.] The above threepence and sixpence arethe two stamps of this series most commonlyfound ; they are far from being rare, whileclear and distinct examples are not oftenseen. Large irregular-shaped design ;natal above in curvedline, crown beneath it,flanked by the in an oval, placedimmediately under thecrown, ninepence intwo lines between alaurel wreath. On blue stamp is by farthe rarest of the issue;indeed, it is one of the very rarest known tocollectors, and scarcely any, even of thefinest collections, boast of a copy: hardly alist of desiderata is ever seen but the nine-penny Natal is a prominent want. Thisextreme rarity is produced probably by thelittle use made of the stamp, which wasa treble newspaper postage to Great collectors will recall the feelings ofdisappointment they have experienced when,on opening a letter announcing the in-closure of this long-desired stamp, theyidentified the square shape and crownplaced low in the die of the blue it is very readily detected, as theshade of blue on which the ninepenceis found is always (so far as the writersexperience goes)
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