The 3d stamp was originally intended to be two colours but Malawi requested the addition of a third colour – green, for the leaves. Groundnuts were purchased by the designer studio to study the shell formation and devise the cutaway picture of a nut. The image is based on a brochure image.
Details
- Subject: Groundnuts
- Designer: Victor Whitely
- Printer: Harrisons & Sons Ltd, London
- Process: Photogravure
- Paper:
- Watermark:
- 1st Printing – None
- 8th Printing – Cockerels
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1A (Red-brown) 1A (Green) 1A (Bistre-brown)
- 1B (Red-brown) 1B (Green) 1B (Bistre-brown)
- Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps)
- Quantity:
- Reprints: 8th Printing – 27 June 1967
Cylinder Numbers
Sheet Numbers
References
- Gibbons Stamp Monthly (June 1964)
