388 Timehri. 
THE 1852 ISSUE 
This issue consists of two values. Designed and manufactured by | 
Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., of London. Engraved on copper and reproduced 
by lithography. Black impressions on surface coloured wove paper, 
without watermark and unperforated. 
le., black, on Magenta (shades). 
4c., black, on blue (shades). 
The design of these stamps which are of a large upright 
rectangular shape is:—A single black-lined rectangular frame with a 
plain shield in the centre containing a ship sailing to the right ;on the 
left background is a fort and on the right background another ship in 
the distance. Above’ the shield the value in numerals and block letters, 
below the motto of the colony ‘ Damus Patimusque Vicissim” in small 
block letters. On the left of the shield is the word “ BRITISH ” 
reading upwards, on the right the word “ GUIANA ” reading downwards. 
Two impressions of the design were engraved for each of these two 
values, and these two varieties occurring side by side were reproduced by 
making transfers on a lithographic stone. 
These two engraved designs are easily distinguishable from each 
other—in the “ One Cent’ “by the absence of the period after GUIANA in 
one design ; and in both values, by the shading of the waves and slight 
differences in the details of the fort. 
A peculiarity about the engraved motto is, that the word “ Peti- 
musque ” is erroneously engraved as “ Patimusque ” in both dies, which 
must be attributed to the workman’s ignorance. 
A comparison of the catalogued value of these two stamps in 1882 
and by 8. Gibbons’ latest catalogue is appended. 
1882 1912-3 
le., black on Magenta 20/- £10 
fc., black and blue 30/- £12 
Reprints of both these values were made about 1864 by Messrs. 
Waterlow & Sons, Ltd. on brighter coloured and thicker paper, perforated 
12}. These reprints were never issued for postal purposes nor is it 
certain that they were ever intended for postal use, as the following 
extract from a letter of Mr. E. T. E. Dalton, Colonial Postmaster, dated 
5th December, 1864, points to another intent : 
“1 do not believe it possible to obtain any of our first issue ; they 
were in use only a few months, and were struck oft from time to time to 
meet the wants of the office. The second issue was the “ Patimus ” lot ; 
we have to thank the engravers in England for the mistake. You can 
have a few of these if you wish. Having been applied to by most of the 
