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Queen Elizabeth II

Portrait by Dorothy Wilding


Tudor Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1952 - 1954

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Red-Brown

2.5d 3d 4d
Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Ultramarine

5d 6d 7d
Brown Reddish Purple Bright Green

8d 9d 10d 11d
Magenta Bronze-Green Prussian Blue Brown-Purple

1/- 1/3 1/6


Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Tudor Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1952 - 1954
Varieties

0.5d 0.5d
Orange-Red Orange-Red

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

1d 1d 1.5d 1.5d
Ultramarine Ultramarine Green Green

Sideways Inverted Sideways Inverted


Watermark Watermark Watermark Watermark

2d 2d
Red-Brown Red-Brown

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

Type 1 Type 1 Type 2 Type 2


Sideways Inverted Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark Watermark Watermark

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
St Edward’s Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1955 - 1958

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d 2d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Red-Brown Light
Red-Brown

2.5d 3d 4d
Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Ultramarine

5d 6d 7d
Brown Reddish Bright Green
Purple

8d 9d 10d 11d
Magenta Bronze-Green Prussian Blue Brown-Purple

1/- 1/3 1/6


Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
St Edward’s Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1955 - 1958
Varieties

0.5d 1d 1.5d 1.5d


Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Green

Inverted Inverted Sideways Inverted


Watermark Watermark Watermark Watermark

2d 2d 2d 2d
Red-Brown Red-Brown Light Red-Brown Light Red-Brown

Sideways Inverted Sideways Inverted


Watermark Watermark Watermark Watermark

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

Type 1 Type 2 Type 2


Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

3d 3d 6d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac Deep Claret

Sideways Inverted Colour


Watermark Watermark

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II - Graphite Lines
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
St Edward’s Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1957 November 19

0.5d
Orange-Red
2
Graphite
Lines

1d 1.5d 1.5d
Ultramarine Green Green
2 2 2
Graphite Graphite Graphite
Lines Lines Lines on Left

2d 2d
Light Light
Red-Brown Red-Brown
1 1
Graphite Graphite
Line Line on Left

2.5d Type 2 3d
Carmine-Red Deep Lilac
2 2
Graphite Graphite
Lines Lines

Designed by Enid Marx and M Farrar-Bell


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1958 - 1965

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Light
Red-Brown

2.5d 3d 4d 4.5d
Type 2 Deep Lilac Ultramarine Chestnut
Carmine-Red

5d 6d 7d
Brown Deep Claret Bright
Green

8d 9d 10d
Magenta Bronze-Green Prussian Blue

1/- 1/3 1/6


Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1958 - 1965
Varieties

0.5d 0.5d 0.5d 0.5d


Orange-Red Orange-Red Orange-Red Orange-Red

Sideways Inverted Chalk CSP Inverted


Watermark Watermark Surface Paper Watermark

1d 1d
Ultramarine Ultramarine

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

1.5d 1.5d
Green Green

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

2d 2d
Light Red-Brown Light Red-Brown

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

Designed by Enid Marx


Queen Elizabeth II
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1958 - 1965
Varieties

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

Type 2 Type 1 Type 1


Inverted Sideways Upright
Watermark Watermark Watermark

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

Type 2 Type 2 CSP Type 2 CSP


Chalk Inverted Inverted
Surface Paper Watermark Watermark

3d 3d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac

Sideways Inverted
Watermark Watermark

4d 4d 4d
Deep Deep
Ultramarine Ultramarine

Deep Sideways Inverted


Ultramarine Watermark Watermark

Designed by M Farrar-Bell
Queen Elizabeth II - Graphite Lines
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1958 - 1961

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Light
2 2 2 Red-Brown
Graphite Graphite Graphite 1
Lines Lines Lines Graphite
Line

2.5d Type 2 3d 4d 4.5d


Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Ultramarine Chestnut
2 2 2 2
Graphite Graphite Graphite Graphite
Lines Lines Lines Lines

Varieties

0.5d 1d 1d 1.5d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Ultramarine Green

Inverted Misplaced Inverted Inverted


Watermark Graphite Watermark Watermark
Lines

2.5d Type 2 3d 3d 4d
Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Deep Lilac Ultramarine

Inverted Misplaced Inverted Misplaced


Watermark Graphite Watermark Graphite
Lines Lines

Designed by Enid Marx and M Farrar-Bell


Phosphor Graphite Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
St Edward’s Crown Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1959 November 18

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Light
2 2 2 Red-Brown
Graphite Graphite Graphite 1
Lines Lines Lines Graphite
Lines

Phosphor Graphite Issue


Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1959 November 18

2d
Light
Red-Brown
1
Graphite
Lines

2.5d Type 2 3d 4d 4.5d


Carmine-Red Deep Lilac Ultramarine Chestnut
2 2 2 2
Graphite Graphite Graphite Graphite
Lines Lines Lines Lines

Designed by Enid Marx and M Farrar-Bell


Queen Elizabeth II - Phosphor Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1960 - 1967

0.5d 1d 1.5d 2d 2d
2PB 2PB 2PB 1PB 2PB
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green Light Light
Red-Brown Red-Brown

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Type 2 Type 2 Type 1
2PB 1PB 1PB
Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

3d 3d 4d 4.5d
2PB 1PB 2PB 2PB
Deep Lilac Right Ultramarine Chestnut
Deep Lilac

5d 6d 7d 8d 9d
2PB 2PB 2PB 2PB 2PB
Brown Deep Claret Bright Green Magenta Bronze-Green

10d 1/- 1/3 1/6


2PB 2PB 2PB 2PB
Prussian Blue Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

Designed by Enid Marx, M Farrar-Bell, G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II - Phosphor Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1960 - 1967

0.5d 1d 1.5d
2PB 2PB 2PB
Orange-Red Ultramarine Green

2d 2d
1PB 2PB
Light Light
Red-Brown Red-Brown

2.5d 2.5d 2.5d


Type 2 Type 2 Type 1
2PB 1PB 1PB
Carmine-Red Carmine-Red Carmine-Red

3d 3d 4d 4.5d
2PB 1PB 2PB 2PB
Deep Lilac Right Ultramarine Chestnut
Deep Lilac

Designed by Enid Marx and M Farrar-Bell


Queen Elizabeth II - Phosphor Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1960 - 1967

5d 6d 7d
2PB 2PB 2PB
Brown Deep Claret Bright Green

8d 9d 10d
2PB 2PB 2PB
Magenta Bronze-Green Prussian Blue

1/- 1/3 1/6


2PB 2PB 2PB
Bistre-Brown Green Grey-Blue

Designed by G Knipe, Mary Adshead and E Dulac


Queen Elizabeth II - Phosphor Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1960 - 1967
Varieties

0.5d 0.5d 1d 1d
Orange-Red Orange-Red Ultramarine Ultramarine
2PB 2PB 2PB 2PB

Sideways Inverted Sideways Inverted


Watermark Watermark Watermark Watermark

1.5d 1.5d 2d
Green Green Red-Brown
2PB 2PB 2PB

Sideways Inverted Sideways


Watermark Watermark Watermark

2.5d 2.5d
Carmine-Red Carmine-Red
2PB 1PB

Type 2 Type 2
Inverted Inverted
Watermark Watermark

3d 3d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac
2PB 2PB

Inverted Sideways
Watermark Watermark

Designed by Enid Marx and M Farrar-Bell


Queen Elizabeth II - Phosphor Issue
Portrait by Dorothy Wilding
Multiple Crowns Watermark, Perforations 15x14
1960 - 1967
Varieties

3d 3d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac
1PB Right 1PB Right

Inverted Sideways
Watermark Watermark

3d 3d 3d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac Deep Lilac
1PB Left 1PB Left 1PB Left

Inverted Sideways
Watermark Watermark

3d 3d 3d
Deep Lilac Deep Lilac Deep Lilac
1PB Centre 1PB Centre 1PB Centre

Inverted Sideways
Watermark Watermark

4d 4d 4d
Deep Deep Deep
Ultramarine Ultramarine Ultramarine
2PB 2PB 2PB

Inverted Colour Sideways


Watermark Watermark

Designed by M Farrar-Bell

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