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Postage due stamps with E8R watermark were issued well into 1937. Typographically printed by Harrison and Sons in sheets of 240, (12 rows of 20). Wmk multiple GVIR and crown sideways. Perf 14x15. Control numbers were used up to 1947. ½d emerald (1938)
Overprinted with 'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by postal services for British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945). Overprinted with 'B.M.A. Eritrea - 5 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later with 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration) instead of B.M.A, from 1950. 'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 1l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.
1d carmine (1938) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
Overprinted with 'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by postal services for British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945). Overprinted with 'B.M.A. Eritrea - 10 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later with 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration) instead of B.M.A, from 1950. 'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 2l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.
2d agate (1938) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
Overprinted with 'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by postal services for British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945). Overprinted with 'B.M.A. Eritrea - 20 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later with 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration) instead of B.M.A, from 1950. 'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 4l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.
3d violet (1938) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
Overprinted with 'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by postal services for British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945). Overprinted with 'B.M.A. Eritrea - 30 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later with 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration) instead of B.M.A, from 1950. 'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 6l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.
4d dull grey-green (1937) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
5d yellow-brown (1938) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
1/- deep blue (1937 Varieties - Specimen Cancelled Watermark sideways-inverted
Overprinted with 'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by postal services for British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945). Overprinted with 'B.M.A. Eritrea - 1 shilling' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later with 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration) instead of B.M.A, from 1950. 'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 24l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.
2s6d purple/yellow (1938) Varieties - Specimen Cancelled
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