GB 1953 Coronation

From Stamps of the World
  • Date of Issue: 3rd June 1953. (Coronation was the day before on the 2nd June 1953)
  • Designed: Edgar G. Fuller (2½d), Michael Goaman (4d), Edmund Dulac (1/3) & Michael C. Farrar-Bell (1/6)
  • Printed by: Harrison & Sons Ltd
  • Print Process: Photogravure
  • Sheet Format: 120 (6 by 20)
  • Stamp Size: 41mm x 24mm
  • Watermark: Tudor Crown
  • Perforations: 15 x 14

Sheet Stamps

2½d
4d
1s.3d
1s.6d

Cylinder Blocks

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Cylinder 3 No Dot
Cylinder 3 Dot
Cylinder 4 No Dot
Cylinder 4 Dot
Cylinder 1 No Dot
Cylinder 1 Dot
Cylinder 2 No Dot
Cylinder 2 Dot
Cylinder 1 No Dot
Cylinder 1 Dot

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