The design for the Two Anna variety was prepared by Colonel Forbes (at Calcutta mint). These issues were typographed.
Typographed Two Annas (October 4, 1854)
Lithographed Four Annas
Lithographed Four Annas was probably the world's first bi-colour stamp. Designed by Captain H.L. Thuillier and engraved by Muneerooddin, these stamps were initially produced in sheets of 12. The number was increased to 24 stamps per sheet when the demand increased. As in the case of Half Anna and One Anna varieties, three dies of the Four Anna variety are known. Copies that are cut square are about 25 times scarcer (and MUCH more expensive) than cut-to-shape ones.
Lithographed Four Annas (1854)
Cut to shape, stuck on a piece of paper, damaged, and so heavily cancelled that it becomes very hard to identify the die. In short, the only specimen I could afford :D
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