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LastDodo number
4265761
Area
Stamps
Title
Flying Dove (11)
Face value
1½
Country / area
Year
1942
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Also known as "espionage stamp". During the war years the British Ministry of War is said to have produced a forgery of the 1½ cent gray with Waterloo and Sons Ltd. in London. This stamp has supposedly been used for intelligence purposes. This (official?) forgery does not have a watermark and has perforation 11. After the war, unused stamps were brought onto the market. There's no record of a used stamp.