Colour Change - 1/2d pale orange

	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 May 1951 2/6 March 1952 2/6 May 1953 2/6 January 1954 5/- May 1951 5/- March 1952 5/- January 1953 5/- May 1953 5/- September 1953 5/- November 1953	upright
6 (Cyl No's)		inverted
4 No cyl no's	1/- May 1951 1/- December 1952 1/- November 1953	upright
	1/- 1954
		upright
		inverted
2 (Cyl No's)	1/- May 1951	upright
COILS
Stock letter	Start date	Watermark	Roll
D	May 1951	upright	960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
G			480 stamps - bottom end first delivery
W			960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
Y			1920 stamps - bottom end first delivery
P			480 stamps - left side first delivery joins on 12th stamp
EXP	February 1952		240 stamps - bottom end first delivery
AA	July 1954		240 stamps - bottom end first delivery

Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Cylinder		Perf Type	Varieties
151nd	151d	A
152nd	152d	A
153nd	153d	A	Closed final E of REVENUE - cyl 153nd, row 3/1 Spur to R of REVENUE - cyl 153d, row 1/5
154nd	154d	A	Broken middle E of REVENUE - cyl 154nd, row 20/1 White dot between fleur-de-lis and centre cross on crown - cyl154nd, row 20/1
155nd	155d	A

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Overprints

'Bahrain - ½ anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May 1951

'Kuwait - ½ anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May 1951

'½ anna' (no country name) for use by British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia from 3 May 1951

'B.A. Eritrea - 5 cents' (British Administration in Eritrea), from 3 May 1951.

'B.A. Tripolitania - 1l' (British Administration + currency in Administration Lire), from 1951.

'Morocco Agencies' from 3 May 1951

'Morocco Agencies - 5 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

'Tangier'

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