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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
9963047
Area
Stamps
Title
British pillar boxes
Face value
10
Country / area
Year
1971
Month
07
Day
14
Issue group
Order Number in Issue
2
Basic colour
Exact colour
Usage
Type
Theme / topic
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
'Giant' pillar box 1856
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
DN49 (X841la + X844m)
Designer/Engraver
Printing office
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
1,880,700
Dimensions / diameter
Details
British Pillar Boxes No. 2: 'Giant' pillar box 1856. (August 1971)
Paper/gum: OCP(H)/PVAI ;
Panes: DP11 (2 x 2p and 2 x ½p horizontal se-tant) ; DP12 (2 x 1p and 2 x 1½p horizontal se-tant)
Bookmark Cat.: DB1(4)
To facilitate the removal in the correct postal combination for effective franking, therefore, the pairs were changed from being vertically to horizontally se-tenant.
The advertiser's postcode on the outside back cover was corrected in this edition.
The printing on covers is very variable and often indistinct.