Royal Philatelic Society (Great Britain) · London : The Royal Philatelic Society · leaf 21
o the other values. As is well known, the salient points of difference between the stamp and its predecessor is the numeral. In Plate II. this is much thinner and better formed. I have, however, found that it varies both in thickness and in the shape of its foot, while the label of colour on which… … The principal feature of departure from any other value will be found on the background of colour that, as I have before said, is in Plate II. consti- tuted by finely drawn lines, practically contiguous. It will be seen that other thick and irregular strokes have been engraved in this background.…
