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GB1238
: 3d General Letter Office
Date of Issue: 7 July 1960
     
 
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3d General Letter Office

Set/Series
Highlighting the tercentenary since the establishment of the General Letter Office by Charles II

GB1238 3d General Letter Office
GB1240 1s 3d General Letter Office

GB1238 Details
15 x 14 perfs; gum arabic; ordinary or chalk-surfaced paper; multiple crowns watermark; designed by Reynolds Stone; printed photogravure by Harrison in sheets (6 x 20 x 2 panes); 143,496,271 copies sold

Colours & Plates/Cylinders
Cylinder numbers located in the left margin of panes by column 1, row 18:

deep lilac
1 (no-dot and dot panes)

The following cylinders were created and used, but there's no evidence of printings from cylinder 2 on the market:

1 – 186,249,600 copies printed
2 – 96,960 copies printed

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