sentences:  It was reprinted 29 times over the course of over two decades, resulting in stamps from the various printings having differences in the colour shade, paper, watermark or perforation.At the end of 1884, a series of new definitive stamps depicting Queen Victoria was issued, and they became valid for use on 1 January 1885 when control of the postal services was fully transferred to the local colonial government.The ½d value of this issue had the same design as the 1860 stamp but it was printed in green, while the other five stamps (with denominations of 1d, 2d, 2½d, 4d and 1/-) had new designs also which incorporated the Maltese cross.