Light Colours - 2d pale orange
 

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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 6 October, 1941.  
   

SINGLE STAMPS
Start date Watermark Varieties
6 October, 1941 upright

Specimen  /  Cancelled

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  
inverted  
COILS
Stock letter Start date Watermark Roll
Q 1942 upright 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery join on 20th stamp
R 1942 480 stamps - top end first delivery join on 20th stamp
V March 1949 960 stamps - bottom end first delivery join on 20th stamp
T June 1942 sideways 480 stamps - left side first delivery

Control / Cylinder Numbers and Varieties

Control Cylinder Perf Type Varieties
J41 24nd 24d A

 
25nd 25d A  
25nd 25d nd - B / d - C  
K42 24nd 24d A  
25nd 25d A  
L42 25nd 25d A  
25nd 25d nd - B / d - C  
- 25d B  
26nd 26d A  
M43 23nd 23d A  
25nd 25d A  
30nd 30d A  
N43 30nd 30d A  
32nd 32d A  
O44 32nd 32d A  
33nd 33d A  
P44 34nd 34d A  
34nd 34d B  
38nd 38d A  
38nd 38d nd - B / d - C  
- 38d B  
39nd 39d A  
39nd - G  
Q45 36nd 36d A  
39nd 39d A  
40nd 40d A  
40nd - G  
R45 40nd 40d A  
41nd 41d A  
45nd 45d A  
S46 42nd 42d A  
45nd 45d nd - B / d - C  
T46 45nd 45d A  
45nd 45d nd - B / d - C  
47nd 47d A  
47nd 47d nd - B / d - C  
U47 42nd 42d A  
47nd 47d A  
49nd 49d A  
50nd 50d A  
None 52nd 52d A  
52nd 52d nd - B / d - C  
53nd 53d nd - B / d - C  
54nd 54d A  
55nd 55d A  
55nd 55d nd - B / d - C  
58nd 58d A  
58nd 58d nd - B / d - C  
59nd 59d A
Cyl 59nd - Fine spots running vertically, 3 mm apart in the left margin, 95mm in length (up to side of stamp 17/1).
59nd 59d nd - B / d - C  
60nd 60d A  
61nd 61d A  
61nd 61d nd - B / d - C  
62nd 62d A  
62nd 62d nd - B / d - C  
64nd 64d nd - B / d - C  
67nd 67d A  
67nd 67d nd - B / d - C  
68nd 68d A  
68nd 68d nd - B / d - C  

Booklet Cylinder Numbers

Cylinder Number Perforation Type Varieties
H I J K L
Panes of 6
H10nd Y          
H11nd Y          
H14nd Y          
H15nd Y          
H16nd Y          
H17nd Y          
H18nd Y          
H20nd Y Y        
H20d Y     Y Y  
H22nd Y          
H22d Y     Y Y  
H23nd Y          
H23d         Y  
H24nd Y          
H24d         Y  
H25nd Y          
H25d         Y  
H26nd Y          
H26d         Y  
H28nd Y          
H28d         Y  
H29nd Y          
H29d         Y  
H31nd Y          
H31d         Y  
H32nd Y          
H32d         Y  
H34nd Y          
H34d         Y  
H41nd Y          
H41d         Y  
H45nd Y          
H45d         Y  
H46nd Y          
H46d         Y  
H47nd Y          
H47d         Y  

Overprints

'Bahrain - 2 anna' for use in Bahrain from 1948

'Kuwait - 2 anna' for use in Kuwait from 1948

'2 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 - 20 cents' (British Military Administration in Eritrea), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Eritrea' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Somalia - 20 cents' (British Military Administration in Somalia), from 1948. Later, just 'B.A. Somalia' (British Administration), from 1950.

'B.M.A. Tripolitania - 4l' (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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