Great Britain 1967 Christmas Stamps

specialist information

Great Britain 1967 Christmas
Issued: 18 October 1967 (4d), 27 November 1967 (3d, 1s6d)
Values: 3d, 4d, 1s6d
Designer: Stuart Rose
Printer: Harrison
Sheet Size: 12 x 10 (3d, 4d cylinder 6A and 8A printings), 12 x 10 x 2 panes (4d cylinder 2A and 3A printings), 10 x 6 (1s6d)
Sold: 270,349,845 (3d), 287,827,440 (4d), 17,913,209 (1s6d)

Cylinders/Plates:
3d
1A–1B–1C–1D–1E
2A–1B–1C–1D–1E

4d
2A–1B–1C–1D–1E (no-dot and dot)
2A–2B–2C–2D–2E (no-dot and dot)
3A–2B–2C–2D–2E (no-dot and dot)
6A–3B–3C–3D–3E
8A–3B–3C–3D–3E

1s6d
2A–1B–1C–1D–1E–1F–2G

Varieties:
3d
Missing gold – circa 200 affected
Partially missing gold (ie, just the Queen's head or just the value)
Missing rose – 4 recorded
Imperforate left margin – 10 affected
Missing phosphor
Printed on the gummed side – circa 20 mint
Gold shift
Rose shift

4d
Missing gold – circa 300 affected
Partially missing gold (ie, just the Queen's head or just the value)
Missing phosphor
Missing right phosphor band
One broad phosphor band
Brown flaw (column 3, row 2 of dot panes)
Missing greenish yellow – 2 recorded
Missing greenish yellow and gold – 1 recorded
Gold shift
Grey-black shift

1s6d
Missing gold – 6 affected
Partially missing gold (Queen's head) – 6 affected
Missing ultramarine – circa 60 affected
Missing lemon – 2 recorded
Missing phosphor
One broad phosphor band
Gold shift
Orange-red shift
Ultramarine shift

Notes:
Notable shades differences exist from the different cylinder printings of the 3d and 4d.

Imperforate proofs of the 3d and 4d exist with or without gold.

Imprimaturs from the National Postal Museum archives were released in the mid 1980s – originally as two sets of imperforate singles and two sets in blocks of four. They are identifiable by an NPM hand stamp on the reverse.

Perforated essays exist of all values.

 

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