Issue I. July, 1865.
_Two values._ Engraved and type-printed by Messrs. De La Rue and Co.
on white wove paper, watermarked Crown and CC; white gum. Designs:
FIVE CENTS. Diademed profile of Queen Victoria to left, on ground of
horizontal lines, within a circle. Above and below are curved labels
of solid colour, inscribed with white block letters. Conventional
ornaments in spandrels, and outer border filled in with chequers. TEN
CENTS. Same portrait of Her Majesty in circle; straight coloured label
above, inscribed with white block letters; white label with rounded ends
below, with coloured block letters. Floriate ornaments in spandrels. An
outer line of colour completes the design of each value. Shape, upright
rectangular. (_Illustrations 6, 7._)