Page 48 - Frank Walton GB Queen Elizabeth II Wildings

2½d Carmine-Red

Cylinders 1 to 60 were created, and of these 46 were used for production. All were double panes apart from Cylinder 49.
A total of 84.2 million 2½d panes of 240 stamps were printed.

28 Sep 1955 - 16 cyls in range 22-45 19 Nov 1957 - Cyl 49 only 9 Jun 1959 - Cyl 49 only
Type I diadem Type II diadem Type II diadem
St Edward’s watermark St Edward’s wmk with Graphite Lines Crowns watermark with graphite lines
Cyl 44 no dot - Type E/I perf Cyl 49 single pane - Type I/P perf Cyl 49 single pane - Type E/P perf

15 Sep 1959 - Cyls 50-54 18 Nov 1959 - Cyl 49 only
Type II diadem Type II diadem, Crowns watermark
Crowns watermark, cream paper Green 8mm phosphor by typography, 6mm on edges, with graphite lines
Cyl 53 no dot - Type E/I perf Cyl 49 single pane - Type I/P and Type E/P perfs