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.

Colour change arose due to low stocks of brown ink and war preventing re-supply.

Varieties

Specimen - 4 varieties  /  Cancelled - 2 varieties

Major re-entry (row 5/2)

Re-entry in shield and left frame (row 1/7)

Re-entry to lion's left eye (row 4/6)

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)

Overprints

'Bahrain - 2 rupees' for use in Bahrain from 1948

'Kuwait - 2 rupees' for use in Kuwait from 1948

'2 rupees' (no country name) for use by British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, from 1948

'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945).

'E.A.F.' (East Africa Forces), in Somalia from 1946.

'B.M.A. Eritrea - 2s 50 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Somalia - 2s 50 cents' (British Military Administration in Somalia), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Somalia' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 60 l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.

'Morocco Agencies' from 1949

'Tangier'

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