Colour Change - 1d light ultramarine

	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.
		wmk

	Issued 3 May, 1951.

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date :		Watermark	Varieties
3 May, 1951		upright	Type 1 and Type 2
March 1952		inverted	Type 1
May 1951		sideways	Type 1
Panes of :	From booklets	Watermark	Varieties
6 (Cyl No's)	5/- January 1953 5/- May 1953 5/- September 1953 5/- November 1953 5/- March 1954	upright
6 (Cyl No's)		inverted
4 No cyl no's	1/- May 1951	upright	Binding at top or bottom
	1/- December 1952 1/- November 1953 1/- month? 1954
		upright
		inverted
2 (Cyl No's)	1/- May 1951	upright
6 3 + 3 labels (Cyl No's)	2/6 March 1952 5/- March 1952 2/6 May 1953 2/6 March 1954	upright	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [17mm high]
		inverted	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [17mm high]
	2/6 May 1953	upright	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [15mm high]
	2/6 May 1953	inverted	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [15mm high]
	2/6 January 1954	upright	SHORTHAND IN ONE WEEK
	2/6 January 1954	inverted	SHORTHAND IN ONE WEEK
COILS
Stock letter	Start date	Watermark	Roll
B	May 1951	upright all type 2	960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
E			480 stamps - bottom end first delivery
X			960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
Z			1920 stamps - bottom end first delivery
EXP	February 1952		240 stamps - bottom end first delivery
AB	May 1954		240 stamps - bottom end first delivery
O	May 1951	sideways type 2	480 stamps - left side first delivery

Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Retouched nose and forehead. Watermark sideways from coil.

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number	Perforation Type					Varieties
Cylinder Number	H	I	J	K	L	Varieties
Panes of 6
F6nd	Y
F8d					Y
3 Stamps and 3 Labels (Wmk upright and Inverted)
F5nd	Y					MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [17mm high]
F5d					Y	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [17mm high]
F7nd	Y					MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [15mm high] Inv wmk - a. 1mm space after RATE, some with 2mm - stamp 3 b. Spur on R - stamp 2 c. White spot on top stroke of first E of REVENUE - stamp 2
F7d					Y	MINIMUM INLAND PRINTED PAPER RATE 1½d [15mm high] Inv wmk - a. 1mm space after RATE, some with 2mm - stamp 3 b. Spur on R - stamp 2 c. White spot on top stroke of first E of REVENUE - stamp 2
F7nd	Y					SHORTHAND IN ONE WEEK a. Major retouch 1st and 2nd stamps - upright wmk b. Spur to R - stamp 2 - upright and inverted wmk c. White spot on top stroke of first E of REVENUE - stamp 2 - inv wmk
F7d					Y	SHORTHAND IN ONE WEEK a. Major retouch 1st and 2nd stamps - upright wmk b. Spur to R - stamp 2 - upright and inverted wmk c. White spot on top stroke of first E of REVENUE - stamp 2 - inv wmk
Panes of 2
191d	Y
192nd	Y	Y
192d		Y

Overprints

'Bahrain - 1 anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May 1951

'Kuwait - 1 anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May 1951

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

'B.A. Eritrea - 10 cents' (British Administration in Eritrea), from 3 May 1951.

'B.A. Tripolitania - 2l' (British Administration + currency in Administration Lire), from 1951.

'Morocco Agencies' from 3 May 1951

'Morocco Agencies - 10 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

'Tangier'

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