The postal rate for postcards sent to the USA by air was 9d, which required a 1d and 8d stamp to make up the rate. As postcards lack sufficient room to add the two stamps, a 9d overprint was added to the 8d stamp of the 1965 definitive series.
Details
- Date of Issue: 12 July 1965
- Date Withdrawn:
- Date Invalidated:
- Designer: Portrait by Anthony Buckley
- Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, London
- Process: Litho & Recess (portrait & BAHAMAS)
- Paper:
- Watermark: Multi Crown CA
- Perf: 13.5
- Plates: 2 (Bronze Green), 1 (Reddish Purple), 1 (Light Blue) : 2a (Bronze Green), 1a (Reddish Purple), 1a (Light Blue)
- Sheet: Printed in sheets of 120, separated by gutter. Guillotined through gutter into two sheets of 60 (R6 x 10).
- Quantity: 5,310,000 (88,500 sheets) overprinted
The overprint was completed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd, London in black. Sheet numbers were re-applied in red.
Plate Numbers
Sheet Numbers
First Day Covers (Unofficial)
References
- British Caribbean Philatelic Group Vol.8 No.3 1968
- British West Indies Study Circle Bulletin No.47, Dec 1965
