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Jamaica: The Nyasaland Key Plate Stamps: George V, 1912 - 1927.
George V 6d Value.
Two panes of 60 arranged in 120 set sheets. Issued on 14 November 1912.
12 printings invoiced between 8 October 1912 and 9 October 1921, 2,839,080 stamps.
The key (head) plates were in dull purple. The shades identified here are of the duty (frame) plate.
1912 – duty plate in bright purple. 1915 - 16 – 1917 - 19 –
bright magenta. bright magenta.
1920 - 21 – bright mauve.
1917 - 19 – 1917 - 19 –
lilac. rosy mauve.
Watermark Multiple Script CA, 1921.
This was issued as a stopgap following the scrapping of the Abolition of Slavery 6d pictorial design.
One printing invoiced on 23 August 1921, 444,236 stamps. Issued on 21 April 1921.
UPU specimens, Samuel type D12.
Dull purple and bright magenta.
From the Mauritania archive.
