Light Colours - 1/2d pale-green

	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 1 September, 1941.

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date		Watermark	Varieties
1 September, 1941.		upright	Cancelled - 2 varieties / Specimen
March, 1942		inverted
BOOKLET PANES
Panes of :	From booklets	Watermark	Varieties
6 (Cyl No's)	2/6 March 1942 2/6 October 1942 2/6 August 1943 5/- March 1942 5/- February 1943 5/- September 1943 5/- April 1944	upright
6 (Cyl No's)		inverted
4 No Cyl No's	1/- 1948 1/- May 1951	upright	Binding edge at top or bottom
2 (Cyl No's)	1/- December 1947	upright
COILS
Stock letter	Start date	Watermark	Roll
D	1942	Upright	960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
G			480 stamps - bottom end first delivery
W			960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
Y			1920 stamps - bottom end first delivery

Control / Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Control	Cylinder		Perf Type	Varieties
J41	124nd	124d	A
	124nd	124d	nd - B / d - C
	-	124d	B
	125nd	125d	A
	125nd	125d	nd - B / d - C
	-	125d	B
K42	124nd	124d	A
K42	125nd	125d	A
L42	124nd	124d	A
	124nd	124d	nd - B / d - C
	-	124d	B
M43	128nd	128d	A
M43	129nd	129d	A
N43	128nd	128d	A
N43	130nd	130d	A
O44	128nd	128d	A
O44	129nd	129d	A
P44	129nd	129d	A
	129nd	-	G
	130nd	130d	A
	130nd	130d	nd - B / d - C
	130nd	-	G
	132nd	132d	A
	132nd	132d	nd - B / d - C
	132nd	-	G
Q45	134nd	134d	A
Q45	134nd	-	G
R45	135nd	135d	A
S46	134nd	134d	A
	135nd	135d	A
	142nd	142d	A
T46	141nd	141d	A
T46	142nd	142d	A
U47	141nd	141d	A
U47	143nd	143d	A
None	137nd	137d	A
	146nd	146d	A
	150nd	150d	A
	151nd	151d	A
	152nd	152d	A
	153nd	153d	A	Spur to downstroke in R of Revenue - cyl 153d, R1/5 Closed final E of REVENUE [Cyl 153nd, R3/1]

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number	Perforation Type					Varieties
Cylinder Number	H	I	J	K	L	Varieties
Panes of 6 - wmk upright and inverted
E53nd	Y
E56nd	Y
E58nd	Y
E59nd	Y
E62nd	Y
E65nd	Y
E65d	Y			Y	Y
E66nd	Y
E66d				Y	Y
E67nd	Y
E67nd					Y
E68nd	Y
E68d					Y
E70nd	Y
E70d					Y
E71nd	Y
E71d					Y
E72nd	Y
E72nd					Y
E73nd	Y
E73d					Y
E75nd	Y
E75d					Y
E76nd	Y
E76d					Y
E77nd	Y
E77d					Y
E78nd	Y
E78d					Y
E79nd	Y
E79d					Y
E80nd	Y
E80d					Y
E81nd	Y
E81d					Y
E82nd	Y
E82d					Y
E83nd	Y
E83d					Y
Panes of 2 - wmk upright
137nd		Y
137d		Y
143nd		Y
147nd		Y
150nd		Y
150d		Y


Spot by value			Spot by value and another by O - inverted watermark

Overprints

'½ anna' (no country name) for use by British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, from 1948

'Bahrain - ½ anna' for use in Bahrain from 1948

'Kuwait - ½ anna' for use in Kuwait from 1948

'B.M.A. Eritrea - 5 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Somalia - 5 cents' (British Military Administration in Somalia), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Somalia' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 1l' (British Military Administration + currency in Military Administration Lire), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Tripolitania' (British Administration), from 1950.

'Morocco Agencies' from 1949

'Tangier'

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