_Seven values._ Engraved and printed in _taille-douce_ by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., of London, on stoutish white wove paper; yellowish gum, imperforate. Designs: The design of the ONE PENNY and FIVE PENCE closely resembles that of the first issue of New Brunswick, except that the crown in the centre is printed straight instead of obliquely, and that there is a small oblong white label above that containing the value, inscribed “POSTAGE” in small coloured block letters. Numerals of value on white squares in each corner. Shape, square. THREE PENCE.—Heraldic flowers on a trilobed _cartouche_ in centre, on reticulated background. Labels of solid colour at left, right, and at the bottom, inscribed in white Roman capitals. Lozenge-shaped blocks in the three corners, with coloured Arabic numeral of value in small white circles. Shape, triangular. The TWO PENCE, FOUR PENCE, SIX PENCE, and ONE SHILLING are very similar in design, which consists of a bunch of heraldic flowers in a central circle on the Two Pence, Four Pence, and One Shilling, and in an oval on the Six Pence. The central circle, or oval, is enframed in a larger engine-turned oval, inscribed above with name of Colony in a curve of white block letters. The remainder of the design varies in detail for each value; but all have the value in full in the bottom label, and Arabic numerals of value in the corners. Shape, upright rectangular. (_Illustrations 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64._) 1d., chocolate-brown, lake-brown (shades). 2d., orange (shades). 3d., green, yellow-green (shades). 4d., orange (shades). 5d., chocolate-brown, lake-brown, verging on bistre (shades). 6d., orange. 1s. ” _Variety._ The 1s., divided in half horizontally, has done duty for 6d. _Remarks._—A specimen of the One Penny in the Vice-President’s collection is pin-perforated, but no information is available as to the authenticity of this stamp. Two sets may be made of the One Penny, Three Pence, and Five Pence. The first is found on fairly thick white wove paper, and the second on paper which is thinner and more transparent. A close examination will also show that the two papers are quite different in texture. The paler shades of the One Penny and Five Pence, which appeared in 1863, are found on the thinner paper. All three values are appreciably smaller in size than those printed on the thicker paper, but whether this is due to shrinkage of the paper, or to the engraving of a new plate, is doubtful. The same shade of green was used for the Three Pence in both sets. M. Moens catalogues the Six Pence Halfpenny and Eight Pence as issued with this set; but these two values are not known to the Society as existing in the early shade of orange. The stamps of this series printed in orange, and those of the next set, are frequently met with with the colour changed to brown or even black. These varieties are simply due to oxidation. Issue II. 1860(?).