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3rd Watermark


#56

first printed Dec 1918, issued December 1919

Four printings 458,520

1919 Black & Rose  1st printing

1921 Grey-black and Crimson. 2nd & 3rd printings

1924 Purple-black and rose. 4th, final, printing

3rd watermark paper became available in mid 1915. This value was the last to appear with the new watermark, indicative of very little use Unlike it's contemporaries, it only appears with the Harrison Imprint

 
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Imprints are rare.

   
'Specimen' Type B.

Overprinted sets of

5,000 sets of 10/-, £1 and £2 were placed on sale as of December 1913. Only 2,169 sets were sold. The remainder being destroyed in 1921