The Inverted Head Four Annas
Among these first printing stamps, at least three sheets with the red frames had been inadvertently placed in the press backwards. So, whilst the heads appear to be upside down, it was the red frames that were inverted.
The surviving examples of this error are low in number. E. A. Smythies states, "Details and illustrations of all the known copies are given in that interesting publication, Stamps of Fame, by L. N. and M. Williams." All of these are postally used. Only two (or three) are known cut square; another 27 are cut to shape (that is, in an octagonal shape). One from the collection of the Earl of Crawford was exhibited in the World Philatelic Exhibition in Washington in 2006.
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