George VI Requisitions

Taken from the Crown Agent’s Records in the British Library

Reproduced with kind permission of the Public Library

Requisition 566/2 - 1938 Due 5/7/1938
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	GPO/Spec	Dispatch
2d	1333/20/60		80,000	30,000	19/7/38 1,411 dispatched
3d	1200		72,000	22,000	1,267 40/60 dispatched
2/-	400		24,000	9,000	415 dispatched
2/6d	400		24,000	9,000	425 dispatched 18/8/38
New Isue GPO Specimen and Dealers To be interleaved with Wax paper
Requisition 708/1 Due 30th May 1941
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	GPO/Spec	Dispatch
2d	1,000		60,000		17/6 18/7/41 1,120
Urgently Required. Telegraphed for. Stamps interleaved wax paper
Requisition 731/2 - Due 1942
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Dealers	Dispatch
2d	2,500	2,613	150,000	113,000	4/1/43 26/1/43
3d	1,400	1,154 40/60	84,000	79,700	4/1/43 26/1/43
2/-	1,000	1,112	60,000	33,000	4/1/43 26/1/43
2/6d	800	883	48,000	23,000	4/1/43 26/1/43
Urgently Required Interleaved with Wax paper 23.3.43 { from dealers 2d 100 x 60 2/- 50 x 60 More sent from ? See 741/1 Volume 38 See Comment 610/1 about vessels
Requisition 741/3 Due 24/1/44
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
3d	1,200	1,200	72,000	63,000	19/2/44
2/6d	334	310 40/60	20,040	20,040	19/244
Interleaved Wax Paper Urgently Required
Requisition 750/2 3d - Cancelled 334 Sheets Ordered
Requisition 744/1
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	250	To be supplied by bureau and sheets no. and interleaved with wax paper	15,000		8.6.44
3d			39,000		8.6.44
2/-			6,000		8.6.44
2/6d			6,000		8.6.44 and 30/8/44
Requisition 744/3 Due 25th July 1944
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	1,667	1,717	100,000	70,020	30/8/44
3d	1,000	965 40/60	60,000	39,000	30/8/44
2/-	500	514	30,000	21,000	30/8/44
Sheet Numbered and Interleaved with wax paper
Requisition 745/3 Due 7th September 1944
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	500	550	30,000		31/8 & 27/9/44
3d	500	521	30,000		31/8 & 27/9/44
2/-	300	328	18,000		31/8 & 27/9/44
2/6d	500	509	30,000		31/8 & 27/9/44
With the exception of the following each denomination is to be sheet numbered 1 upwards and interleaved with wax paper.For Bureau 2/6d 12,000
Requisition 750/3 - 1945
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
3d	167 20/60	167 20/60	10,040		23/5 & 20/6/45
2/6d	50	50	3,000
From A2. To be sheet numbered and interleaved and to be dispatched to the High Commission, Suava, Fiji
Requisition 768/1 1945
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	30	As ordered	1,800		16/12/45
3d	100	As Ordered	6,000		16/12/45
Requisition 768/2 1945
2d	270	270	16,200		31/12/45
Sheets of stamps to be numbered and interleaved for dispatch to colony
Requisition 768/3 - 1946
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	300	279	18,000	18,000	2/4/46
3d	600	580	36,000	30,000	2/4/46
Sheets for colony to be numbered 1 up and interleaved with wax paper. For exchange see cover. Any excess in printing to be returned by A/Sept (?)
Requisition 778 & 778/2 -1946
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	335	335	20,100		14/6/46
2d (778/2)	434	434	26,040	23,040	7/11/46
3d	167	167	10,020		14/6/46
2/-	167	167	10,020		14/6/46
2/6d	167	167	10,020		14/6/46
From A2. Sheets of stamps to be numbered 1 up each duty and interleaved with wax paper before dispatch to colony
Requisition 974/1- 1951
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau Exchange	Dispatch
2d	1,600	1,230	96,000	30,000 2,800	14/9/51
	100	100	6,000		5/10/51
3d	1,000	1,000	6,000	24,000 9,900	14/9/51
To be Collected from Bureau and dispatched immediately with the exception of Bureau supplies. Sheets to be numbered 1 up with wax paper
Requisition 1026/1 - 1951
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau Exchange	Dispatch
2d	2,500	2,375	150,000	90,000 1,500	1/5/52
3d	1,667	1,423	100,000	90,000 Nil	1/5/52
Comments as 974/1
Requisition 1026/2 1952
Value	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps Printed	Bureau	Dispatch
2d	500	500	30,000		14/5/52
3d	500	500	30,000		14/5/52
1 up Wax