The 45 centes stamp II type hand-made paper

(February 1852)

II Type – Hand made paper - Original coat of arms - 2° plate

The 45 CENTES cliché comes from 30 CENTES I type cliché; some characteristics of 45 CENTES, for this reason, are the same of the 30 CENTES one:

- “S” of CENTES connected to the tip of the superior left ornament of the value frame;

- “S” of CENTES defective in the left superior part (broken);

- defective in the left part of the lily;

- dot of color in the superior line of the value frame (between 45 and CENTES).

II Type :

- stereotype;

- number “45” fixed more on the left side compared with the I type (the tip of the superior left ornament in the value frame is in the higher middle of the “4”; between “5” and “C” there are 0,6 mm);

- "45" in line with the word CENTES;

- on the superior line of the value frame, on the left compared with the tip of the superior left ornament and e over the vertical left line of the “4” there is a little dot of color;

- the ball of the "5" is shaped differently from the type I;

- the color of these stamps are: slate blue and greenish blue.

There are about 3.940.000 copies of this stamp printed.

45 centes II type - 2° plate:
first stamp: state blue; second stamp: greenish blue.