Issued to pre-pay single weight interior postal rate. Engraved by Jose Perez Varela and typographed by the Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Madrid. Issued in shades of black on buff paper and in black on cream paper.
 ESSAY WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIADEM
Black
on Buff Laid Paper 
Rose
on White Wove Paper 

Issued Stamp

Essay
Different finishing on crown; "L" shaped on nose of issued stamp and "U" on essay; Upper eye lid line on issued stamp ends with the lower line while on the essay the upper line is extended; and hair tress shading on the issued stamp more defined as compared to the essay.
Essays Are Known to Exist on the Following Colors and paper
  • Black on Buff Laid Paper
  • Black on Buff Wove Paper
  • Red Brown
  • Rose on White Wove Paper
  • Rose on Yellowish Horizontal Laid Paper