Stamp Details
The 37p stamp represents second class, second weight postage, and the colour changed from lime green to olive green. The European postage for airmail items up to 20g increased from 42p to 44p and the colour changed from dark turquoise to ultramarine. The 49p (rust) stamp represents the first class, second weight postage. The 72p (red) stamp represents 2nd weight airmail postage to the rest of the world.
The face value of the set was £2.02.
In addition to "standard" definitives, Country Definitives were also issued for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in the values of 44p and 72p.
Machin Definitives
- Stamp Size 20mm x 24mm (Definitive Portrait)
- Printed by De La Rue
- Print Process Photogravure
- Number per sheet 200
- Perforations 15 x 14
- Gum PVA
Country Stamps As above, however Northern Ireland stamps are printed in lithography
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