1 REAL FIRST ISSUE of 1854

Only one plate used with several retouches and re-engravings made during printing.

Colour of the first printings was deep blue.
The colour then varied considerably from dull slate to very deep ultramarine.


Bright Blue
First Engraving, Position 18

Blue
Position 5

Dark Blue
Coarse Printing and Flaws

Deep Blue
Position 36

Slate Blue, Block of 16, Affixed to Paper
Ex Hind, Burros and Boker

LARGEST MINT BLOCK KNOWN

Bright Blue
Positions 28, 29, 30, 33, 34 and 35
Stuck on Paper and With Several Flaws
Ex Boker.