Colour Change - 1 1/2d pale green
 

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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.  
   

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date : Watermark Varieties
3 May, 1951 upright  
May 1951 inverted  
Panes of :

From booklets

 Watermark Varieties
6

(Cyl No's)

2/6 March 1952

5/- March 1952

5/- January 1953

 upright  
inverted  
4

No cyl no's

1/- May 1951

 upright  

1/- December 1952

1/- November 1953

1/- 1954

upright

 
inverted  
2

(Cyl No's)

 1/- May 1951 upright  
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  
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  
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  
197nd 197d nd - B / d - C  
199nd 199d A  

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 6
G4nd Y          
G4d         Y  
Panes of 2
192d   Y        
194nd   Y        
195d   Y        
196d   Y        
199d   Y        

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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