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We can identify two printing runs of this rare (especially if used) value that was printed in a very particular way (see general introduction). The first one is s copper shade and it is printed on thick paper, almost thin cardboard; the second one has a bright copper shade or dark copper shade and is on thin paper, of better quality than the previous one. The first printing run appeared was made in January 1861 and the second one in April of the same year. To be noticed how the "washed" samples loose the characteristic metallic appearance and therefore their color looks much more "dull".
ATTENTION: the stamps here presented do have just an INDICATIVE value in relationship to the color shades: any system composed by scanner + monitor + video will give back colors even quite different from the ones I have chosen. For this reason the scans in this page CANNOT be used as absolute reference but only as approximate indication of the shades.

First printing Second printing
Fig. 1: copper shade - 1st printing Fig. 2: copper shade - 2nd printing

 


Catalogued color shades (as per Sassone)

1861 shades
Copper (thick paper)

Deep copper (thin paper)
Dark copper (thin paper)