Updated April 2008

Following the “Between the Sheets” article about the numbering of supplies sent to the colonies, much more data has become available - thanks largely to the collection of John Platt and sightings from Peter Johnson.

Recordings so far are shown in the table below. It is worth noting that nine values occur with two different formats. Presumably the lower digit box was used for the first printing, but perhaps you know different?

Territory

Key

2-digit box

3-digit box

4-digit box

5-digit box

Bradbury

Bechuanaland

British Honduras

a

4c, 25c

3c

Falkland Islands

Gambia

e

3d

1½d,3d, 6d, 1/-

Gibraltar

h

2d, 3d, 6d, 1/-

Gilbert & Ellice

1d, 1½d, 3d, 1/-

Gold Coast

b

6d, 1/-

3d, 6d

1d

Hong Kong

a

3c, 5c, 10c, 20c

Jamaica

Malta

Newfoundland

Seychelles

e

6c

6c

Sierra Leone

a,e

1d, 3d, 5d, 1/-

1d

Swaziland

Trinidad & T

c

2c, 3c, 6c, 24c

De La Rue

Antigua

e

1d, 1½d, 2½d

1d

Bahamas

1/-

1½d, 2½d

Basutoland

d

British Guiana

2c, 6c, 24c

British Solomons

d

Cayman Islands

d

Ceylon

d

Dominica

1/-

1d, 1½d

Fiji

e,f

1½d, 3d, 1/-

1½d, 2d

Kenya U. T.

20c, 30c, 1/-

Mauritius

1r

12c, 20c

5c

N. Rhodesia

e

3d

1d, 2d, 1/-

1d

St Helena

d

St Lucia

d

Waterlow

Ascension

Barbados

a

1/-

1½d, 2½d

1d

Bermuda

Cyprus

e

1½pi, 2½pi, 9pi

¾pi, 1½pi

Grenada

Leeward Is

a,g

1/-

1d, 1½d, 2½d

1d

Montserrat

Nigeria

a

3d, 1/-

1½d, 2d

Nyasaland

3d, 1/-

2d

1d

St Christopher

St Vincent

Somaliland

3a, 1r

2a

1a

Straits Settlements

Turks & Caicos

Virgin Islands