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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
9947633
Area
Stamps
Title
Queen Elizabeth II
Face value
3½
Country / area
Year
1974
Month
01
Day
23
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
U117
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
21 x 24 mm
Details
3½p Deep olive green
Paper/gum: OCP(H)/PVAD
Error op paper
Phosphor: 2B 9.5 mm
Ex Cyl. 11 p17
Deegam: DG 35.4.1
This was an error of paper use, intended for another country's stamps. The paper is much thicker than the original OCP paper. The stamp has a highly glossy surface which produces the color shade, which is quite distinct from any of the other 3½p printings. The stamps are always off centre.