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3d Deep Lilac

The 3d had more cylinders than any other value: sheet Cylinders 1 to 83 were created. Of these 48 were used for
production. All were double panes apart from Cylinder 11. Altogether 94.2 million 3d panes of 240 stamps were printed.

18 Jan 1954 - Cyl 3 only 17 Jul 1956 - Cyls 2-5, 9-10 & 15-17 19 Nov 1957 - Cyl 11 only
Tudor watermark St Edward’s watermark St Edward’s wmk with Graphite Lines
Cyl 3 no dot - Type E/I perf Cyl 2 no dot - Type E/I perf Cyl 11 single pane - Type E/P perf

24 Nov 1958 - Cyl 11 only 8 Dec 1958 - 26 cyls in range 15-64 18 Nov 1959 - Cyl 11 only
Crowns watermark with Graphite Lines Crowns watermark, cream paper Crowns wmk, 8mm Phosphor-Graphite
Cyl 11 single pane - Type E/P perf Cyl 25 dot - Type E/I perf Cyl 11 - 6mm on left - Type E/P perf