Types of the Fivepence Large Canoe

Type 1

 

Type

Description (according to Gisburn)

 

1

Large white flaw above the "O" in POSTAGE.
White flaw over the leaf above the left-hand value disc.

 
 

2

Large colored dot on the sea to the right of the bow of the canoe.
Large colored dot to the left of the top branch of palms at the right to the side of the final "E" in PROTECTORATE.
Colored dash at the top of the "A" in ISLANDS.

 
 

3

Short "A" in PROTECTORATE.
Colored dot over the third pair of rowers from the left.

 
 

4

Colored dot on the top of the second "S" in ISLANDS.
Colored dot in the foot of the "E" in POSTAGE.

 
 

5

Colored blotch on the water below the third pair of rowers from the right.
Curved colored dash in the outer white frame above the "I" in ISLANDS. (Image thanks to "Aore")

 
 

6

Tops of the letters "OR" in PROTECTORATE are cut off.
Dash of color in the inner white circle of the left-hand value disc.