Page 18 - Lithographed Stamps of North Borneo

4 cents and 8 cents values

. Two new values were urgently required, 4 cents for local area registration and 8 cents for letters to Singapore
and Hong Kong (Handbook, p47). They were dispatched from London in May 1883. Although the design is
very similar to the 2 cent stamp on close comparison of the design detail, such as the lion, it is evident tbat
new dies bad been engraved for both the new values.
Enlarged scan of detail (lion) ofthe 1883 2c brown, 4c pink and 8c green

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Specimen: 8c perforated with the first 3 letters of'CANCELLED'

Issued Stamps: Believed to be two printings, both rough perf. 11 Yi -12. Multiples are scarce.
Yellowish gum (as original 2c) therefore po~ibly the first printing

Missperf: Perf. 12 horizontally across centre (printers waste?)

White Gum, different shades

4c Horizontal pair, imperf. between, plated as #33 & 34
(extremely rare, only two pairs recorded to date)