File:BR-NGA 1944 MiNr0048A pm B002a.jpg

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Stamp of Nigeria (British colony); 1944; definitive stamp of the issue "George VI of the United Kingdom", re-issue of the original stamp from 1938 with any minor differences; stamp drawing with a cameo portrait of George VI of the United Kingdom with view to right (new drawing) in oval with crown flanked by two coconut palms (right palm curved right); stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 48A; Yvert et Tellier: No. 63; Scott: No. 65
Color: red violet
Watermark: Nigeria No. 2 (= Great Britain No. 4) (multiple St.Edward's crown over convoluted charcters "CA")
Nominal value: 1 d. (Pence = Penny)
Postage validity: from 1 December 1944 until ?

Stamp picture size (printed area): 18.0 x 22.0 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Royal Mail of the United Kingdom for Nigeria
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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Other versions
- original stamp, perforation L 12, but color: carmine (Michel No. 47a from 1938)
- re-issue, perforation L 12, but color: rose-red (Michel No. 47b from 1940)
- re-issue, color red violet, but perforation K 11½ (Michel No. 48C from 1950)
Picture description Drawing with a cameo portrait of George VI of the United Kingdom with view to right (new drawing) in oval with crown flanked by two coconut palms (right palm curved right)
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail of the United Kingdom for Nigeria
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer ? (outsourced production from De La Rue)
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Line perforation, L 12 (= type "A")
MICHEL Nr. Nigeria, Nr. 48A
SCOTT Nr. Nigeria, Nr. 65

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