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Indicium 8½d with 6d Extra Registration
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Following the short-lived print run of just the 6 EXTRA additional printing, a new design with the heading INLAND REGISTERED LETTER and the corrected compensation figures
on the back. These envelopes were in normal use for just over a year from June 1956 until the appearance of the envelopes with an embossed 1s 2½d indicium in autumn 1957.
Small differences have been noted in the layout of the blue letterpress printing on the Size F, G and H envelopes. Photographs of the production process at McCorquodales
show that the envelopes were cut before being printed, which suggests that over the course of the production multiple letterpress plates were used.
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Essays of the 6 EXTRA design are held by the Postal Museum in London, but none are available to collectors.
Registration dates of issued envelopes
Size F 13 Jun 1956
Size G 13 Jun 1956
Size H 13 Jun 1956
Size K 20 Jul 1956 .
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Setting (a): centre of 6 EXTRA circle level with ‘blue string’ Setting (b): centre of 6 EXTRA circle below ‘blue string’
and 12 dots after ‘Fee’. and eight dots after ‘Fee’.
Size F. Dies recorded: 5, 11, 18, 20 & 60
Setting (a) Setting (b)
12 dots after ‘Fee’ (150%) 8 dots after ‘Fee’ (150%)
