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1899 Double headed eagle

  1 m green
  1 m blue
  1 m blue (slightly different design)
  1 m violet
  2 m black
  2 m red
  2 m grey
  2 m blue
  2 m violet
  2 m brown

These stamps have a blue or violet circular control overprint (at the corners of four stamps, see above for examples).

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 m green	RR	R
1 m blue	RRR	RRR
1 m blue	***	***	Slightly different design
1 m violet	RRR	RRR
2 m black	***	***
2 m red	RR	RR
2 m grey	RR	RR
2 m blue	RRR	RRR
2 m violet	RRR	RRR
2 m brown	RRR	RRR

I've been told that the next stamp is a forgery (by the way, I'm not sure if the above stamps are genuine):

(Reduced size)

1899 New design

(Genuine stamp)

(Without stars, reduced sizes)

(With stars, reduced size)

(With stars, reduced size)

Without stars between inscriptions in the ellipse
  1 m red
  1 m blue
  1 m green
  1 m orange
  1 m lilac
  1 m yellow
  1 m black
  2 m red
  2 m blue
  2 m green
  2 m orange
  2 m lilac
  2 m yellow
  2 m black
  1 g red
  1 g blue
  1 g green
  1 g orange
  1 g lilac
  1 g yellow
  1 g black

With stars between inscriptions:
  1 m blue
  1 m green
  1 m red
  1 m lilac
  2 m blue
  2 m green
  2 m red
  2 m lilac
  1 g blue
  1 g green
  1 g red
  1 g lilac

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2. They have a small control overprint in blue or violet.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Without stars
All values except the following	R	R
1 m black	RR	RR
1 g black	RR	RR
With stars
All values	***	***

Forgeries exist, examples:

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