File:CAN-NW 1944 MiNr0232C pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of Newfoundland (British colony); 1944; definitive stamp of the issue "Royal Family"; re-issue of the so-called "Waterlow printing" from 1938; stamp drawing with a side portrait of George VI of the United Kingdom in rectangle frame; special characteristic of the re-issue: perforation 12½; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 232C; Yvert et Tellier: No. 219(A); Scott: No. 254
Color; green
Watermark: Newfoundland No. 1 (characters "NZ" over 5-jaggy star)
Nominal value; 2 Cents

Postage validity: from 1944 until 31 March 1949
date QS:P,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1949-03-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size: 20.5 x 26.5 mm
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Source scan of original
Author Royal Mail of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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Public domain This Canadian stamp is in the public domain in Canada because it is more than 50 years old.

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Picture description Drawing with a side portrait of George VI of the United Kingdom in rectangle frame
First day of issue
Publisher Royal Mail of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Design Unknown authorUnknown author
Printer "Waterlow & Sons Limited", London
Printing technique Recess printing
Circulation ?
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ (= type C)
MICHEL Nr. Neufundland, Nr. 232C
SCOTT Nr. Newfoundland, No. 254

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