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Elizabeth II Definitive Stamps 1956 to 1961

Fourpence Black & Slate-Blue

                                             6 October 1959 - Magburaka to Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
                     The airmail postcard rate to the British Commonwealth and Europe had been 7d since 1942.

                                            No 7d stamp was ever issued after the George V period.

                                                  3 March 1956 - Mattru to Kitchener, Canada.
                                          Incorrectly prepaid with single 4d. The correct rate was 3d.
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