Colour Change - 4d light ultramarine
 

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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 2 October, 1950.  
   

Issued in colour change to align with UPU universal colours and due to rise in foreign letter rate.

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date : Watermark Varieties
2 October, 1950 upright  
COILS
Stock letter Start date Watermark Roll
A 2 October 1950 upright 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery - joins on 20th
H 480 stamps - left side first delivery - joins on 12th

Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Cylinder

Perf Type

 Varieties
13nd 13d A Retouched background to POS - cyl 13nd, row 9/2
13nd 13d nd - B / d - C Retouched background to POS - cyl 13nd, row 9/2
13nd 13d nd - E / d - F Retouched background to POS - cyl 13nd, row 9/2

Overprints

'Bahrain - 4 anna' for use in Bahrain from 3 May 1951

'Kuwait - 4 anna' for use in Kuwait from 3 May 1951

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

'Morocco Agencies - 40 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

'Tangier'

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