In 1921 a new issue was put on sale in the same designs as the preceding issue but in different colours and watermarked Multiple Script C.A. The 1d., 3d., 6d. and 2s. were issued in different colours during this period, also that the lower values up to and including the 3d., are printed on ordinary paper only, while the higher values are on chalky paper. The lower values are found printed from Plate 2, while the higher values from Plate 1. The Jubilee line is in some cases single and in some cases double.
Gibraltar SG 98 One shilling stamp with plate No. 2
Gibraltar SG 107 One Pound red-orange and black
in an upper right corner marginal block of four
showing plate no. 1 and sheet no. 081.
This unmounted mint block was sold at Grosvenor Auction
in 2006 for ?780 plus buyer's premium
5 Pounds with plate No. 1 - top left corner. Sold at Felzmann Auction in 2007 for 3350 Euro plus buyer's premium |
New Values and Colours Changed: 1925-1932
The new values were issued with the same watermark (Multiple Script CA) and the same perforation (14), on chalk surfaced paper (except SG 102a 1s. Olive and Black).
The high values stamps (2s. - ?5) of this issue are reputed to exist with the value tablet in both black and grey-brown. Where they do exist, they are in two quite distinct shades, and the most reliable method of establishing which shade was printed first is by comparison with the SPECIMEN overprint.
SG 104, 2 Shillings Six pences, Sold at Ebay in 2012 for ?225
1s. Sage-Green and Black, SG 102
Date of issue: 1929, printed from Plate 2 with one Jubilee Line. Imperf. Colour Trial endorsed 'Approved for Colour, 21/11/28' exists in the National Postal Museum, London.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
27th., November, 1928 | 350 sheets of 120 | 42 000 |
13th., January, 1931 | 105 sheets of 120 | 12 600 |
Total number of stamps: | 54 600 | |
Total number of Controls: | 1 820 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (perforated in vertical arc - Type D 19) | 430 |
1s. Olive and Black, SG 102a
Date of issue: 1932, printed from Plate 2 with one Jubilee Line.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
9th. February, 1932 | 105 sheets of 120 | 12 600 |
6th. January, 1933 | 102 sheets of 120 | 12 240 |
26th. June, 1936 | 155 sheets of 120 | 18 600 |
14th. June, 1937 | 105 sheets of 120 | 12 600 |
Total number of stamps: | 56 040 | |
Total number of Controls: | 1 868 | |
Number of SPECIMENS | do not exist |
2s. Red-Brown and Black, SG 103
Grey-Brown Value Tablet not confirmed to date.
Date of issue: 1929, printed from Plate 1 with one Jubilee Line. Imperf. Colour Trials endorsed 'Approved for Colour 14.11.28' exist in the National Postal Museum, London.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
27th., November, 1928 | 510 sheets of 60 | 30 600 |
21st. January, 1931 | 104 sheets of 60 | 6 240 |
1st. January, 1934 | 250 sheets of 60 | 15 000 |
21st. January, 1937 | 105 sheets of 60 | 6 300 |
Total number of stamps: | 58 140 | |
Total number of Controls: | 3 876 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (perforated in horizontal arc - Type D 19) |
430 |
2s.6d. Green and Grey-Brown or Green and Black, SG 104
Printed from Plate 1 with one Jubilee Line. Imperf. block of four exist in the National Postal Museum, London.
All Specimens are Green and Grey-Brown. There are no Specimens in Green and Black.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
25th., September, 1925 | 500 sheets of 60 | 30 000 |
24th., October, 1929 | 102 sheets of 60 | 6 120 |
21th., January, 1931 | 250 sheets of 60 | 15 000 |
19th., January, 1935 | 101 sheets of 60 | 6 060 |
21th., January, 1937 | 105 sheets of 60 | 6 300 |
Total number of stamps: | 63 480 | |
Total number of Controls: | 4 232 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (overprinted in black - Type D 16) |
412 |
5s. Carmine & Grey-Brown, SG 105
Printed from Plate 1 with two Jubilee Lines.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
25th., September, 1925 | 505 sheets of 60 | 30 300 |
1st., January, 1934 | 253 sheets of 60 | 15 180 |
Total number of stamps: | 45 480 | |
Total number of Controls: | 3 032 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (overprinted in black - Type D 16) |
412 |
10s. Deep Ultramarine & Grey-Brown, SG 106
Printed from Plate 1 with two Jubilee Lines.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
25th., September, 1925 | 471 sheets of 60 | 28 260 |
Total number of stamps: | 28 260 | |
Total number of Controls: | 1 884 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (overprinted in black - Type D 16) |
412 |
?1. Red-Orange & Black, SG 107
Date of issue: 1927. Printed from Plate 1 with one Jubilee Line.
Imperf. Colour Trial endorsed 'Approved for Colour, 26/10/27' exists in the National Postal Museum, London. Perforated colour trials in Green & Black, Carmine & Black, Deep Ultramarine & Black, and Violet & Black were in the Crown Agents Display in Gibbons Gallery in September, 1974. These were endorsed 'On Appendix dated 17/6/25, Req. 4995. Approved by Govn. of Gibraltar 16/7/25.'
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
10th., November, 1927 | 100 sheets of 60 | 6 000 |
4th., April, 1928 | 103 sheets of 60 | 6 180 |
Total number of stamps: | 12 180 | |
Total number of Controls: | 812 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (overprinted in black - Type D 14) |
430 |
?5. Violet & Grey-Brown, SG 108
Printed from Plate 1 with two Jubilee Lines.
Printings
Printing Date |
Sheets printed |
Stamps |
25th., September, 1925 | 105 sheets of 60 | 6 300 |
Total number of stamps: | 6 300 | |
Total number of Controls: | 420 | |
Number of SPECIMENS (overprinted in black - Type D 16) |
412 |
Shades
There are a lot of shades of all value.
Shades of Four Shillings (SG 100)
This stamp listed in Stanley Gibbons as Black and Carmine.
Postal History
Gibraltar 1926 Reg. cover to Germany franked ?5 violet & black, SG 108, tied oval registered d/stamp for 26th May, back stamps Plymouth transit & Milspei receiver. Sold at Corbitts Auction in 2012 for ?1500 plus buyer's premium |
References:
- "The Postage Stamps of Gibraltar" by Geoffrey E. Duveen, First Edition 1932, Reprint 1972.
- Gibraltar Study Circle study paper No. 2., 1975