Dark Colours - 2 1/2d 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.

wmk
   
Issued 10 May, 1937.  
   

SINGLE STAMPS
Start Date : Watermark Varieties
10 May, 1937 upright Cancelled / Cancelled and punched
June 1940 inverted Cancelled and punched
June 1940 sideways  
Panes of :

From booklets

 Watermark Varieties

6

2/6 June 1940

2/6 September 1940

2/6 October 1940

5/- May 1938

5/- July 1940

upright

Cancelled and punched

inverted

Cancelled and punched
COILS
Stock letter Start date : Watermark Roll
F 1937 upright 960 stamps (£10) - bottom end first delivery
M 1937 upright 480 stamps (£5) - left side first delivery
F 1940 upright 960 stamps (£10) - bottom end first delivery
M June 1940 sideways 480 stamps (£5) - left side first delivery

Control / Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Control Cylinder Perf Type Varieties Pick-up bar
A37 1nd 1d A

 

 No
2nd 2d A

Scratch of dark colour behind eye - cyl 2nd, row 20/1

2nd 2d nd - B / d - C  
B37 2nd 2d A   No
D38 2nd 2d A   No
2nd 2d nd - B / d - C  
E39 3nd 3d A   Yes
G40 3nd 3d A   Yes
6nd 6d A  
6nd 6d nd - B / d - C  
7nd 7d A  
8nd 8d nd - B / d - C  
10nd 10d A  
13nd 13d A  
15nd 15d A  
H40 6nd 6d A   Yes
10nd 10d A  
10nd 10d nd - B / d - C  
15nd 15d A  
20nd 20d A  
20nd 20d nd - B / d - C  
22nd 22d A  
22nd 22d nd - B / d - C  
23nd 23d A  
23nd 23d nd - B / d - C  
25nd 25d A  
25nd 25d nd - B / d - C  
28nd 28d A  
30nd 30d A  
30nd 30d nd - B / d - C  
34nd 34d A  
36nd 36d A  
40nd 40d A  
41nd 41d A  
41nd 41d nd - B / d - C  
43nd 43d A  
44nd 44d A  
I41 41nd 41d A   Yes
43nd 43d A  
44nd 44d A  
45nd 45d A  
48nd 48d A  
53nd 53d A  
56nd 56d A  
57nd 57d A  
58nd 58d A  
59nd 59d A  
61nd 61d A  
62nd 62d A  
63nd 63d A  
64nd 64d A  
65nd 65d A

 

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

 

Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 6 - wmk upright and inverted
J3nd Y          
J5nd Y          
J7nd Y          
J10nd Y          

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 - 25 centimos' (Spanish Zone)

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