½p turquoise Machin

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½p turquoise
(page updated: Dec 28/03)

1st seen: Feb 15/71
Photogravure

	Paper	Other identification	Issue date	Source	Booklet singles	Gum

2-band (9.5mm) phosphor
	OCP		Feb 15/71	Sheets		PVA
	OCP		Feb 15/71	Booklet	cut left and bottom [DP1] cut right and bottom [DP1, DP3, DP7] cut top [DP3, DP7] cut top and right [DP3, DP7] cut bottom [DP3, DP7]	PVA
	OCP		Feb 15/71 Mar 77	Coil, horiz		GA PVA
	OCP	Thick value (T2)	Jul 14/71	Booklet	DP11 cut right cut right and bottom	PVA
	FCP		Oct 71 Sep 22/72 Oct 73	Sheet		PVA GA Dex
	FCP		Sep 22/72 Apr 74	Coil		GA Dex
	FCP		Sep 17/71	Booklet	cut top [DP7, DP13, DP19, DP20] cut top and right [DP7, DP13] cut bottom [DP7, DP13, DP19, DP20] cut bottom and right [DP7, DP13]	PVA
	FCP		Mar 10/76	Booklet	DP24 cut left cut right	Dex
	FCP	Thick value (T2)	Oct 6/71 Nov 12/73	Booklet	DP11A/B cut right cut right and bottom	PVA Dex

2-band (9.5mm) JET phosphor
	FCP	Thin value (T1)	Jun 14/73	Booklet	DP13J cut top cut top and right cut bottom cut bottom and right	PVA
	FCP	Thick value (T2)	Jul 4/73	Booklet	DP11J cut right cut right and bottom	PVA

Left band phosphor
	FCP	rare	May 24/72	Booklet	DP20/A cut right and bottom	PVA

2-band (8mm) phosphor
	FCP		Jan 26/77	Booklet	cut left [DP27/A, DP45A] cut right [DP27/A, DP45]	Dex
	FCP	left band short bottom [ Type 1: pic ]	Feb 1/82	Booklet	DP51 cut left	Dex
	FCP	right band short bottom [ Type 2: pic ]	Feb 1/82	Booklet	DP51A cut right	Dex

Centre band phosphor
	FCP	Thin value (T1)	Dec 14/77	Coil, horiz		Dex
	FCP	Thick value (T2)	Feb 8/78	Booklet	cut left [DP31] cut right [DP31/M]	Dex

PCP
	PCP1	Kampf perf	Dec 10/80	Sheets		Dex
	PCP1	APS perf	Mar 85	Sheets		Dex
	PCP1		Dec 30/81	Coil, horiz		Dex
	PCP2	Kampf perf	Dec 10/80	Sheets		Dex

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