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14 The "" error occurred in the fourth printing and its numbers cannot have exceeded the following:—

ORDINARY STAMPS. anna ... ... ... ... 120 copies. 1 anna ... ... ••• ••• 40 „ 2 annas ... ... ... ••• 14 ,, 3 annas ... ... ... 5 „ 4 annas ... ... ••• ••• 14 8 annas ... ... ••• ••• ° >> 12 annas ... ... ••• ••• 3 » 1 rupee (grey) ... ... ... - »

SERVICE STAMPS. ^ anna 1 anna 2 annas 3 annas 4 annas 8 annas 12 annas 1 rupee (grey) 200 copies. 80 „ 17 „ 11 * 17 „ 5 „ 3 „ 5 „

The last "A" in is small in the 6 annas of the fifth issue, and occurs once in every double pane of 160, or twice in each sheet. Copies of this error, therefore, cannot exceed 9 in number. It is not certain in which printing this error occurred in other values, but it was probably the first.

It may also be pointed out that the errors numbered 245, 250, 255, 277 and 282 must all be very rare, as only two sheets of the Service two annas value were surcharged in the fifth issue, to which they belong. The error (numbered 131), where the word "" measures 8½ millimetres must exist in other values besides the one anna, but I