THE SIXPENNY "ORANGE TREE" STAMPS
All printed in sheets of 240 (20 rows of 12). All with watermark Multiple Springbok Head.
RI SUID AFRIKA AS ONE WORD - NO HYPHEN OUTH AFRIC 64 69 THA ICA UIDAI
Only the London Pictorial stamps were overprinted for use in South West Africa. c.f. typo 20.41mm *Same perf and width of perforated stamp for all roto stamps below. Width = 20mm * 15 / 14.85 = 20.2mm
SUID-AFRIKA HYPHENATED (All perf 14.85 * 14 ) : Rotogravure, Unscreened
SG 119 (January 1950): The design and size (18 x 22 mm) remained
: Rotogravure, Screened
the same as Type III above, but both centre and frame were screened with raster "60" (units?). Under magnification the lines of shading benind the tree can easily be seen as dots rather than continuous lines. This was the first 6d issue to have the cylinder numbers (centre 6930 and frame 6) printed in the bottom right-hand margin at rows 19 and 20.
SG 119 (February 1954): The design and size (18 * 22mm) were
the same as above but a finer screen with raster "80" was used for both centre and frame. Under magnification the lines of shading may appear as rough zig-zag lines. The new cylinder numbers were centre 85 and frame 32. The new "wildlife" series of definitive stamps was issued on 14 ^ (th) October 1954, just 8 months after the appearance of this final 6d stamp with orange-tree design. Not in SG catalogue
