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Indicium 6d with 6d Extra Registration - Overseas
The overseas registration fee was increased on 1 Oct 1957 from 6d to 1s. Envelopes that were still in stock at Post Office Supplies Department were returned to the printers, McCorquodales,
and were overprinted in blue with a circular design indicating that an additional 6d had been paid. Both sizes were treated this way. Two settings exist on the Size G2 envelopes.
Size K2. Die recorded: 1
Size G2. Die recorded: 1
Setting a - ‘6 Extra’ below blue line
D
Setting b - later printing with ‘6 Extra’
D
level with shortened blue line
