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Air Mail Postage

1947

20 Mar: Air Resumption

23 May: Roosevelt Issue

23 Aug: Definitives

 

 

23 August 1947 - Air Mail Definitives

     Quantity Issued: 200,000 sets originally, but re-issued in large quantities

     Designer: Ernst Koch

     Printer: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, Great Britain

Perforations: 13.5X13.5

     Printing Process: Recess

8 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
378 253 393 C23 23

10 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
379 254 394 C24 24

30 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
380 255 396 C26 25

70 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
381 256 399 C29 26

1 Dollar Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
382 257 400 C30 27

3 Dollars Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
383 258 401 C31 28

5 Dollars Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
384 259 402 C32 29

10 Dollars Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T
385 260 403 C33 30

 

Re-issue Notes:

 

8C - 1959, 1960
  10C - 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 (twice), 1961, 1962
  30C - 1956, 1958, 1960
  70C - 1960
  $1 - 1959, 1960