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Haiti

Friday, July 1, 1881

Central America 9
Caribbean 14

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Haiti #1
  

Imperforate, no watermark, typographed.

Description Paper Scott SG† Mi Y&T
1 centime vermilion
Yellowish
 1 1   1
2 centimes dark violet
Pale lilac
 2 2   2
3 centimes bister
Pale bister
 3 3   3
5 centimes green
Greenish
 4 4   4
7 centimes blue
Grayish
 5 5   5
20 centimes red brown
Yellowish
 6 6   6

† Gibbons distinguishes colour variants and shades in the first issues.

Image from David Olson.

FI ref: 209 Page credit: NB

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