Dark Colours - 1d 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 10 May, 1937.  
   

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date : Watermark Varieties
10 May 1937 upright Cancelled / Cancelled and punched
August 1937 inverted Cancelled / Cancelled and punched
February 1938 sideways  
BOOKLET PANES
Panes of :

From booklets

 Watermark Varieties

6

(Cyl No's)

2/- August 1937

2/- April 1938

3/- August 1937

3/- April 1938

5/- August 1937

5/- May 1938

upright

Cancelled and punched

inverted

Cancelled / Cancelled and punched

4

(Cyl No's)

6d June 1940

sideways

Booklet usually issued with binding at top or bottom - also exist with alternate top/bottom edges
2

(Cyl No's)

6d February 1938

 upright Booklet with or without interleaves

inverted
COILS
Stock letter Start date Watermark Roll
B 1937 upright 960 stamps (£4) - bottom first delivery
E 1937 480 stamps (£2) - bottom first delivery
X 1937 960 stamps (£4) - bottom first delivery
Z 25.9.37 1920 stamps (£8) - bottom first delivery
O Feb 1938 sideways 480 stamps (£2) - left side first delivery

CONTROL / CYLINDER NUMBERS AND VARIETIES
Control Cylinder Perf Type Varieties Pick-up bar
A37 1nd - A   No
3nd 3d A

White dot at lower right of N - cyl 3d, row 17/1
4nd 4d A  
7nd 7d A  
7nd 7d nd - B / d - C  
8nd 8d A  
9nd - A  
10nd 10d A  
B37 8nd 8d A   No
8nd 8d A   Yes
11nd 11d A   No
- 11d D  
11nd 11d A   Yes
12nd 12d A  
C38 12nd 12d A   Yes
15nd 15d A  
16nd 16d A  
18nd 18d A  
D38 19nd 19d A   Yes
22nd 22d A  
23nd 23d A  
24nd 24d A  
26nd 26d A  
E39 26nd 26d A   Yes
26nd 26d nd - B / d - C  
27nd 27d A  
27nd 27d nd - B / d - C  
F39 27nd 27d nd - B / d - C   Yes
30nd 30d A  
30nd 30d nd - B / d - C  
31nd 31d nd - B / d - C  
33nd 33d A  
33nd 33d nd - B / d - C  
39nd 39d A  
39nd 39d nd - B / d - C  
42nd 42d A  
42nd 42d nd - B / d - C  
G40 39nd 39d A   Yes
40nd 40d A  
41nd 41d A  
45nd 45d A  
H40 40nd 40d A   Yes
41nd 41d A  
43nd 43d A  
44nd 44d A  
45nd 45d A  
46nd 46d A  
47nd 47d A  
48nd 48d A  
49nd 49d A  
51nd 51d A  
I41 48nd 48d A   Yes
49nd 49d A  
51nd 51d A  
53nd 53d A  
54nd 54d A  
61nd 61d A  

 

MINOR VARIETIES
       
Spot under O Spot under chin          

BOOKLET CYLINDER NUMBERS
Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 6
F1nd   Y        
F1d Y Y        
F3nd   Y        
F3d Y Y Y      
F4nd   Y        
F4d Y Y        
F5nd Y
F5d Y Y        
F7nd Y          
F.9nd Y          
F10nd   Y        
F10d Y          
F14nd Y          
F15nd Y          
F16nd Y          
Panes of 4
B17nd Y Y      

Wmk sideways
Panes of 2
F1nd Y          
F1d Y Y        
F5nd Y          
F5d Y Y        
F15nd Y          

Cover posted 2 days early - probably deliberately as there is at least one other similar cover with a block of 1/2d stamps. Postmarked Banavie Invernessshire 8 May 37 with backstamp Fort William 10 May 37

 

Overprints

'M.E.F.' (Middle East Forces) from 1942 for use by British Forces in occupied Eritrea (1942), Italian Somaliland (1942), Tripolitania (1943), and the Dodecanese Islands (1945).

'Morocco Agencies - 10 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

'Tangier'

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