Somaliland Protectorate

Design 1 Blackheaded Sheep	Design 2 Greater Kudu Antelope	Design 3 Map

Notes from the Crown Agents records in the British Library.

Date Due:

"Die Proofs 27/3/41, Stamps 17/5/41" 

"Sheets of stamps numbered 1 up each duty and interleaved with wax paper.

From Bureau for the Colony (via G3) 6/841?

11,396 stamps of 3a to be interleaved and sheet numbered 2087 upwards. "

Duty	Sheets Ordered	Sheets Printed	Stamps	Dispatch Date	Numbers for Dealers, GPO and Specimens
1/2a green	3,000	3,062	360,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	120,000
1a scarlet-red	10,833 40/120	10,902	1,300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	100,000
2a lake	10,833 40/120	10,818 40/120	1,300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	100,000
3a blue	2,500	2,563	300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	60,000
4a deep brown	2,500	2,521	300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	60,000
6a violet	2,500	2560 80/120	300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	50,000
8a grey	2,500	2,527	300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	60,000
12a reddish orange	2,500	2,502	300,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	60,000
1r green	2,500	2,374	150,000	12/5 & 1/7 1941	30,000
2r purple	2,333 20/60	2,485 20/60	140,000	1/7/41	20,000
3r blue	2,250	2,367	135,000	1/7/41	15,000
5r black	2,250	2,290	135,000	1/7/41	15,000

1938 Definitives