Type 1 Subject 1
Small break in frame under D of QUINDICI
Type 1 Subject 2 (?)
Full stop after C is hollow, like a small c on its side;
non-constant horizontal line extending NW corner to the left.
Type 1 Subject 3
O in ITALIANO broken centrally to left;
break in cartouche above N in ITALIANO;
first A of ITALIANO has a small point of colour at the apex (unclear in this poor example).
Type 1 Subject 4
Unusual shading at base of neck, and break in 4th line up;
Fault or retouch in T of POSTALE, and break in cartouche and frame above;
small line attached to Q of QUINDICI at bottom left
Type 1 Subject 5 (?)
Two non-constant faults: break in cartouche above U of QUINDICI; small dot after first I, at foot
Type 1 Subject 6 (?)
T in POSTALE broken;
non-constant dot in margin to left of C in FRANCO (not visible in this very poor torn example).
Type 1 Subject 7 (more)
2nd and 3rd lines from the bottom of the medallion broken above first leg of N
Type 1 Subject 8 (?)
Spot on oval below L of POSTALE
Type 1 Subject 9 (?) (more)
Top right corner more pointed;
dot in left margin to left of N in FRANCO (not always present)
Type 1 Subject 10
Thin line at base of P in POSTALE (difficult to see);
touch of colour in NE spandrel (obscured by postmark);
retouch on inside oval opposite IA of ITALIANO;
point on cartouche above space between QU of QUINDICI
Type 1 Subject 11 (?)
Non-constant flaws: Break in cartouche above E of POSTALE;
thin line extending from oval opposite first I of ITALIANO; break in rim of medallion opposite nose
Type 1 Subject 12
Touch of colour in the medallion joining the 5th and 6th lines from the base of the neck
Type 1 Subject 13 (more)
NW corner square, flaw at 8 o'clock;
Type 1 Subject 14 (more)
Dot close to cartouche line to left of P of POSTALE;
cartouche defective to right of E of POSTALE; break in cartouche below DI of QUINDICI;
break in bottom of cartouche to right of Q (retouched); dot at 2.30 to right of C in bottom right corner
Type 1 Subject 15
Flaw SW of NW corner square; small defect at bottom of C in NW square; dot on cartouche under left leg of first A in ITALIANA
Type 1 Subject 16
Notch on inside of frame line above L of POSTALE
Type 1 Subject 17
This stamp has proved difficult to plate as there are few flaws.
Retouched break in frame line to left above C of C.QUINDICI;
break in outer frame line above second O of BOLLO
Type 1 Subject 18
Dash of colour on cartouche to right of P of POSTALE; frame thinned at top left; T of ITALIANO attached to cartouche
Type 1 Subject 19 (more)
Faint scratch in medallion running from Adam's Apple to SW corner;
small dot between frame and cartouche below L of ITALIANO;
notch in base of last I in QUINDICI
Type 1 Subject 20
Spot of colour at base of 5 in NE corner
Type 1 Subject 21 (more)
Spot of colour just behind head level with L of ITALIANO;
first I of QUINDICI shortened with threadlike remains below
Type 1 Subject 22 (?) (more)
Spot of colour between N and C of FRANCO (not constant); Defects on left end of lower cartouche;
cartouche break above and to left of E in POSTALE (not constant)
Type 1 Subject 23, closed C variety (more)
Spot of colour attached to curve right of QUINDICI; Closed C in some examples
Type 1 Subject 24 (?)
Dot of colour under 1 in NE corner; non-constant spot on cartouche under F of FRANCO;
faint spot on right end of top cartouche.
Type 1 Subject 25 (?)
Dot above N of FRANCO; break in top right of O in ITALIANO; break in cartouche above BO of BOLLO.
Type 1 Subject X (?)
There is an unknown type known as X of which a number of single examples have been seen.
The identifying characteristics are: outside oval of medallion thin
under PO of POSTALE; fault on the background close to the point of the beard.
