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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 11 August, 1941.  
   

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date Watermark Varieties

Type 1 - 11 August, 1941.

upright

Specimen  /  Cancelled - 2 varieties

Pre-type 1
Type 1 - October 1942 sideways Thick paper
Type 2 - 1948 upright Thick paper
BOOKLET PANES
Panes of :

From booklets

 Watermark Varieties

4

No cyl no's

 1/- November 1948

1/- May 1951

 upright Binding edge at top or bottom [Type 2]

2

(Cyl No's)

 1/- December 1947

 upright Type 1
Type 2
COILS
Stock letter Start date Watermark Roll
B 1942 - types 1 and 2 upright 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
E 480 stamps - bottom end first delivery
X 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery
Z 1920 stamps - bottom end first delivery
O October 1942 type 1 sideways 480 stamps - bottom end first delivery

Control / Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Control Cylinder Perf Type Varieties
J41 66nd 66d A

 
69nd 69d A  
70nd 70d A  
71nd 71d A  
72nd 72d A  
73nd 73d A  
74nd 74d A  
K42 72nd 72d A  
73nd 73d A  
74nd 74d A

Incomplete bottom frames - cyl 74nd, row 20/1 and 2
75nd 75d A  
76nd 76d A  
L42 72nd 72d A  
72nd 72d nd - B / d - C  
76nd 76d A  
76nd 76d nd - B / d - C  
78nd 78d A  
81nd 81d A  
82nd 82d A  
M43 76nd 76d A  
80nd 80d A  
82nd 82d A  
86nd 86d A  
92nd 92d A  
93nd 93d A  
96nd 96d A  
N43 90nd 90d A  
91nd 91d A  
91nd - G  
92nd 92d A  
94nd 94d A  
94nd - G  
95nd 95d A  
96nd 96d A  
97nd 97d A  
99nd 99d A  
100nd 100d A  
O44 90nd 90d A  
90nd - G  
91nd 91d A  
91nd - G  
94nd 94d A  
94nd - G  
95nd 95d A  
98nd 98d A  
98nd - G  
100nd 100d A  
100nd - G  
102nd 102d A  
102nd - G  
105nd 105d A  
105nd - G  
P44 91nd 91d A  
91nd - G  
101nd 101d A  
101nd - G  
102nd 102d A  
102nd - G  
105nd 105d A  
106nd 106d A  
106nd - G  
107nd 107d A  
107nd - G  
112nd 112d A  
112nd - G  
113nd 113d A  
113nd - G  
Q45 106nd 106d A  
106nd - G  
107nd 107d A  
107nd - G  
113nd 113d A  
118nd 118d A  
120nd 120d A  
121nd 121d A  
121nd 121d nd - B / d - C  
122nd 122d A  
R45 118nd 118d A  
120nd 120d A  
122nd 122d A  
123nd 123d A  
125nd 125d A  
125nd 125d nd - B / d - C  
S46 123nd 123d nd - B / d - C  
124nd 124d A  
124nd 124d nd - B / d - C  
125nd 125d A  
125nd 125d nd - B / d - C  
127nd 127d A  
127nd 127d nd - B / d - C  
129nd 129d A  
129nd 129d nd - B / d - C  
130nd 130d A  
T46 127nd 127d A  
129nd 129d A  
132nd 132d A  
133nd 133d A  
134nd 134d A  
136nd 136d A  
139nd 139d A  
140nd 140d A  
141nd 141d A  
142nd 142d A  
143nd 143d A  
U47 140nd 140d A  
146nd 146d A  
148nd 148d A  
149nd 149d A

Flaw on cheek - cyl 149nd, row 3/4
150nd 150d nd - B / d - C  
153nd 153d A  
153nd 153d nd - B / d - C  
155nd 155d A  
None 145nd 145d A  
150nd 150d A  
156nd 156d A  
157nd 157d A  
160nd 160d A  
166nd 166d A  
167nd 167d A  
169nd 169d A  
171nd 171d A  
171nd 171d nd - B / d - C  
172nd 172d A  
172nd 172d nd - B / d - C  
174nd 174d A  
174nd 174d nd - B / d - C  
175nd 175d A  
178nd 178d A  
179nd 179d A  
179nd 179d nd - B / d - C  
180nd 180d A  
180nd 180d nd - B / d - C  
181nd 181d A  
181nd 181d nd - B / d - C  
182nd 182d A  
183nd 183d A  
185nd 185d nd - B / d - C  
186nd 186d A  
189nd 189d A  
190nd 190d A  
190nd 190d nd - B / d - C  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 2 - watermark upright
157nd   Y        
157d   Y        
159d   Y        
160nd   Y        
160d   Y        
172nd   Y        
172d   Y        
175nd   Y        
175d   Y        
179nd Y Y        
179d   Y        

Overprints

'Bahrain - 1 anna' for use in Bahrain from 1948

'Kuwait - 1 anna' for use in Kuwait from 1948

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

'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).

'E.A.F.' (East Africa Forces), in Somalia from 1943.

'B.M.A. Eritrea - 10 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 2l' (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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