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: 1s 9d British Bridges
Date of Issue: 29 April 1968
     
 
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1s 9d British Bridges

Set/Series
Four British bridges of historical significance, including the Tarr Steps, Aberfeldy Bridge, Menai Bridge and the M4 Viaduct

GB1526 4d British Bridges
GB1528 9d British Bridges
GB1530 1s 6d British Bridges
GB1532 1s 9d British Bridges

GB1532 Details
15 x 14 perfs; polyvinyl alcohol gum; chalk-surfaced paper; two phosphor bands applied by flexography; designed by Jeffery Matthews; printed photogravure by Harrison in sheets (6 x 20); 5,924,800 copies sold

Colours & Plates/Cylinders
Cylinder numbers located in the left margin of sheets by column 1, rows 17 and 18; traffic lights in the top margin by column 5, row 1:

olive-brown–gold–dull green–deep ultramarine–greenish yellow
2A–1B–1C–1D–1E

Notes
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gum replaced gum arabic on Harrison printings from this issue onwards

Varieties
GB1532MCa Gold missing
GB1532MCb Gold and phosphor missing
GB1532PHa Phosphor missing
GB1532PHb One phosphor band (rather than two)

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