Designer: John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd
Process: Lithography
Paper:
Watermark: Cockerels
Perf: 13.5 x13 (comb)
Cylinders:
1 1 1 1 1 (4d)
1a 1a 1a 1a 1a (others)
Sheet: R10 x 6 (60 stamps)
Quantity:
4d – 980,060
9d – 132,752
1/6d – 82,032
3s – 42,187
Miniature sheet – 17,273
First Day Covers – 2,624
Subjects
4d – White-fringed Ground Orchid
9d – Red Ground Orchid
1/6d – Leopard Tree Orchid
3s – Blue Ground Orchid
5/7d – Miniature sheet
First Day Covers (Official)
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I have full sheets of this set with the following cylinders:
4d and 3/- 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
9d and 1/6d 1 1 1 1 1
Hope this helps
Most likely they were printed in sheets of two as pane 1 and pane 1A. Need to see some visuals on this – not an easy set to get the plate numbers for! 🙂
I have full sheets of this set with the following cylinders:
4d and 3/- 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A
9d and 1/6d 1 1 1 1 1
Hope this helps
Most likely they were printed in sheets of two as pane 1 and pane 1A. Need to see some visuals on this – not an easy set to get the plate numbers for! 🙂