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Fig. 1: gray shade |
Fig. 2: pinkish gray shade |
3 CENTESIMI
The two printing runs of this value differ for the color shades, gray the first one (Fig. 1) and pinkish gray the second one (Fig. 2).
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Fig. 1: gray shade |
Fig. 2: pinkish gray shade |
As said in the issue introduction, a value in green color was at the beginning prepared. That color later on was used for the 5 centesimi and the sheets already printed for this value were destroyed, all but 5 samples that arrived up to our time; it's a rarity of first importance (Fig. 3).
Fig. 3:
the green sample never issued
(from "I primi francobolli a Roma" ed. 1978)
Catalogued color shades (as per Sassone)
Gray (typical color)
Pinkish gray (typical color)