2/6 Brown 'Arms'
 

 

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Designed by Edmund Dulac, engraved by J.A.C. Harrison

Recess printed by Waterlow and Sons. Four double plates were used and guillotined into sheets of 40 (5 rows of 8).

Perforated 14

Watermarked GVIR and crown

Issued 4 September 1939

Watermark

Royal Arms with lion and unicorn supporters, surmounted by the King's profile facing left. Value in left and right top corners. The word POSTAGE centred beneath the Royal Arms.

Varieties

Specimen

 

Mark in shield (row 1/7)

Gashed crown (row 2/7) and another (row 5/5)

Mark in crown (row 2/3)

Doubling of hoof over A (row 1/8)

Dot above lion's lower foot (row 2/8)

Two marks on unicorn's neck (row 4/8)

T guide marks (row 3/8)

 

References

 

Article by Gerry Bater FRPSL in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, March 1997.

 

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