Colour Change - 2 1/2d pale scarlet
 

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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 May 1951

2/6 March 1952

5/- May 1951

5/- March 1952

5/- January 1953

 upright  
inverted  
COILS
Stock letter Start date Watermark Roll
F May 1951 upright 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
U 1920 stamps - bottom end first delivery
M 3 May 1951 sideways 480 stamps - left side first delivery

Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Cylinder

Perf Type

 Varieties
259nd 259d A  
261nd 261d A  
264nd 264d A  
266nd 266d A  
267nd 267d A  
268nd 268d A  
269nd 269d A  
270nd 270d A  
273nd 273d A  
274nd 274d A  
275nd 275d A  
276nd 276d A  
277nd 277d A  
279nd 279d A  

Damaged S, watermark sideways

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 6
J62nd Y          
J62d         Y  
J66nd Y          
J66d         Y  
J67nd Y          
J67d         Y  
J68nd Y          
J68d         Y  
J69nd Y          
J69d         Y  
J70nd Y          
J70d         Y  

Overprints

'Bahrain - 2½ anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May 1951

'Kuwait - 2½ anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May 1951

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

'B.A. Eritrea - 25 cents' (British Administration in Eritrea), from 3 May 1951.

'B.A. Tripolitania - 5l' (British Administration + currency in Administration Lire), from 1951.

'Morocco Agencies' from 3 May 1951

'Morocco Agencies - 25 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

'Tangier'

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