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Designed by :
Edmund Dulac (head) and
Eric Gill (frames).
Photogravure printed by Harrison & Sons in sheets of 240
(20 rows x 12).
Perforated 15 x 14
Watermarked - block GVIR and crown. |
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| Issued 3 May, 1951. |
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SINGLE STAMPS |
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Start date : |
Watermark |
Varieties |
| 3 May, 1951 |
upright |
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| May 1951 |
inverted |
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Panes of : |
From
booklets |
Watermark |
Varieties |
| 6
(Cyl No's) |
2/6 March 1952
5/- March 1952
5/- January 1953
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upright |
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| inverted |
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| 4 No cyl no's |
1/- May 1951
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upright |
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1/- December 1952
1/- November 1953
1/- 1954
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upright |
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| inverted |
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| 2
(Cyl No's) |
1/- May 1951 |
upright |
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COILS |
| Stock
letter |
Start date |
Watermark |
Roll |
| K |
May 1951 |
upright |
960 stamps - bottom
end first delivery |
| L |
480 stamps - top
end first delivery |
| N |
480 stamps
- left side first delivery joins on 12th stamp |
| K |
September
1951 |
960 stamps - bottom
end first delivery |
| L |
480 stamps - top
end first delivery |
| N |
14.9.51 |
sideways |
480 stamps - left side
first delivery |
Cylinder Numbers and Varieties
| Cylinder |
Perf Type |
Varieties |
| 190nd |
190d |
A |
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| 192nd |
192d |
A |
Retouched forehead - cyl 192nd,
row 19/1
Spot in daffodil leaf - cyls 192d, 195d, 196d,
row 10/10
Extended serif to 1 of
½ - cyls 192d, 195d, row 7/11 |
| 193nd |
193d |
A |
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| 194nd |
194d |
A |
Right hand side of fleur-de-lis extended -
cyl 194d, row 19/8 |
| 195nd |
195d |
A |
Spot in daffodil leaf - cyls 192d, 195d, 196d,
row 10/10
Extended serif to 1 of
½ - cyls 192d, 195d, row 7/11 |
| 195nd |
195d |
nd - B / d - C |
Spot in daffodil leaf - cyls 192d, 195d, 196d,
row 10/10
Extended serif to 1 of
½ - cyls 192d, 195d, row 7/11 |
| 196nd |
196d |
A |
Spot in daffodil leaf - cyls 192d, 195d, 196d,
row 10/10 |
| 197nd |
197d |
A |
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| 197nd |
197d |
nd - B / d - C |
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| 199nd |
199d |
A |
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Booklet Cylinder Numbers
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Cylinder Number |
Perforation Type |
Varieties |
| H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
| Panes of
6 |
| G4nd |
Y |
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| G4d |
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Y |
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| Panes of 2 |
| 192d |
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Y |
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| 194nd |
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Y |
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| 195d |
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Y |
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| 196d |
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Y |
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| 199d |
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Y |
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Overprints
'Bahrain - 1½ anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May
1951
'Kuwait - 1½ anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May
1951
'1½ anna' (no country name) for use by
British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia from 3 May 1951
'B.A. Tripolitania - 3l' (British Administration +
currency in Administration Lire), from 1951.
'Morocco Agencies' from 3 May 1951
'Morocco Agencies - 15 centimos' (Spanish Zone)
'Tangier'
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