The King George VI stamps from Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika were printed from 1938 until about 1952. It is a very popular set both in terms of the designs, the variation in the perforations, and the color shades. The stamps were printed by De La Rue, so you have all the chaos that existed around their printings due to the war. There were a lot of printings and as a result a number of changes in the stamps. Notice in the higher values that there are Perf 14 issues in 1941, but for a few values they also exist later. I am not sure how that happened, but I would be curious if anyone can explain it.

The pages were created using information presented by W. J. W. Potter & Lt. Col. R. C. M. Shelton in their "The Printings of King George VI Colonial Stamps" which was published by Stamp Collecting Ltd. in December, 1952. The publication listed tables for each of the countries' issues that were included. The listings of "PSxx" were created to tie into the Potter & Shelton listings. They are unique to my collection, so won't tie into anything you might find familiar. However, the appropriate Commonwealth and Gibbons numbers are shown for each stamp listed by the catalogues. Please consult your Scott catalog to determine the appropriate listing for the stamps displayed.

The pages are from my collection. The page images were scanned in a larger size and at a higher resolution so you can more easily see the details used in viewing them. Feel free to select the page and let it download to your screen and save it to your hard drive for viewing. If you are using a PC, selecting the page will typically open it in Microsoft Photo Viewer (or whatever you are using as your default). From there you can enlarge the size for more close-up viewing. If you are using a phone - go find a PC or a Mac. The images are 1200 pixels wide and you will go mad trying to view them on your phone.

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