ENGLISH ISSUES (i.) See also:

• LINE

Seventh issue, January 1858: See also:

• CARMINE

Seventh issue, July 1858: large crown watermark; white lines as in fifth issue; deep to very deep blue; perforated i6. Eighth issue, April (?) 1869: large crown water-mark; white lines thinner; dull blue, deep to very deep blue, See also:

• VIOLET

Twopence-See also:

• HALF

Fourpence.—All perforated 14. First issue, July 31, 1855 watermark small garter; deep and dull carmine. Second issue, February 1856: watermark See also:

• MEDIUM

First issue, October 21, 1856: no letters in angles; watermark heraldic emblems; dull lilac. Second issue, December r, 1862: small white letters in angles; otherwise as first issue. Third issue, April 1, 1865: large white letters in angles; otherwise as first issue. Fourth issue, See also:

• JUNE

Ninepence.—All perforated 14. First issue, January 15, 1862: watermark heraldic emblems; ochre-brown, bright See also:

• BISTRE

Seventh issue, June 15, 1881: watermark large crown; otherwise as sixth issue; pale red-brown. Two Shillings.—Watermark spray of rose; perforated 14. First issue, July 1, 1867: pale to full blue, very deep blue. Second issue, February 1880: light brown. Five Shillings.—First issue, July 1, 1867: watermarked with a See also:

• CROSS

These stamps are distinguished from the stamps already described by the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

First issue, July 12, 1881: large crown watermark; 14 pearls in each See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

Five Shillings.—April 1, 1884: See also:

• DITTO (from the Lat. dictum, something said, Ital. detto, aforesaid)

Fivepence.—January 1, 1887: as the fourpence; purple and blue. Sixpence.—January 1, 1887: pale red paper; watermarked with a large crown; purple; perforated 14. Ninepence.—January 1, 1887: large crown watermark; purple and blue; perforated 14. Tenpence.—February 24, 1890: as the ninepence; purple and carmine-red. One Shilling.—January 1, 1887: as the ninepence; green. • The various fiscal stamps admitted to postage uses, the over-printed See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

Sixpence.---Perforated 14. First issue, March 1, 1877: water-mark spray of rose; greenish-grey. Second issue, July 1881: as first issue; watermark large crown. One Shilling.—Perforated 14. First issue, February I, 1876: watermark spray of rose; green. Second issue, October 188o: watermark spray of rose; pale red-brown. Third issue, February 1881 : watermark large crown ; pale red brown. Three Shillings.—Perforated 14; slate blue. First issue, March 1, 1877: watermark spray of rose. Second issue, August 1881: watermark large crown. Five Shillings.—First issue, February I, 1876: watermark cross pate; dark to light rose; perforated 15 by 152. Second issue, August 1881: watermark large anchor; carmine-rose; perforated 14.

Ten Shillings.—March 1, 1877; watermark cross pate; green-grey; perforated 15 by 152. One Pound.—March 1, 1877: watermark shamrock; brown-purple ; perforated 14. Five Pounds.—March 1, 1877: watermark shamrock; orange-vermilion: perforated 152 by 15. In addition to these, there were stamps specially prepared for the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)