Colour Change - 2d pale red-brown

	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
May 1951		inverted
Panes of :	From booklets	Watermark	Varieties
6 (Cyl No's)	2/6 May 1951 5/- May 1951 5/- January 1953 5/- May 1953 5/- September 1953 5/- November 1953 5/- March 1954 5/- March 1954	upright
6 (Cyl No's)		inverted
COILS
Stock letter	Start date	Watermark	Roll
Q	May 1951	upright	960 stamps - bottom end first delivery - joins on 20th
R
V
T		sideways	480 stamps - left side first delivery
Q	December 1951	upright	960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
V	December 1951		960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
R	January 1952		480 stamps - top end first delivery

Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Cylinder		Perf Type	Varieties
67nd	67d	A
68nd	68d	A
69nd	69d	A
69nd	69d	nd - B / d - C
70nd	70d	nd - B / d - C
71nd	71d	A
71nd	71d	nd - B / d - C
72nd	72d	A
73nd	73d	A
75nd	75d	A	Retouches to rose, thistle and cross on crown - cyl 75nd, row 1/3 & 4 Missing jewel in crown - cyl 75nd, row 19/1

'Swan head' to 2, watermark sideways / retouched - the retouch appears as a slightly darker brown mark at end of curl to 2, [2 shades]

Light mark joining E and N. watermark sideways

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Overprinted

'Bahrain - 2 anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May 1951

'Kuwait - 2 anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May 1951

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

'B.A. Eritrea - 20 cents' (British Administration in Eritrea), from 3 May 1951.

'B.A. Tripolitania - 4l' (British Administration + currency in Administration Lire), from 1951.

'Morocco Agencies' from 3 May 1951

'Tangier'

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