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The Olympic Games Double Surcharge.
The Silver Wedding stamps surcharged 214a. and Rsl5 next appeared;
and the use of the high value (20,656 sold) was almost entirely philatelic,
for it was not until 13 years later that any of the Agencies using these
stamps required even a RslO denomination. The Olympic Games set was
similarly surcharged and issued on July 29th, and the R1 provided a major
error: Sheet 21164 bore a double surcharge but, as it was sold direct from
G.P.O. stocks in London, no used copies are known. The 3a. was sur­
charged on sheets from Cylinder 1 (No Stop) and the “Crown Flaw”
exists on the second stamp in the bottom row (20/2): although the
flaw was later retouched on the basic stamp, the surcharged stamps are
not known in the retouched state.
The U.P.U. set was issued on October 10th, 1949, and, as was the
case in Bahrain and Kuwait, the 2V6a. was surcharged on sheets from
Cylinder 2 (No Stop) and shows the “Indian Lake” variety on Row 8/2
(see under BAHRAIN for details). The flaw was later retouched on the
basic stamp but the retouched printings were not used for surcharging.

A 4a. was added to the definitive series in October 1950, and on
May 3rd. 1951, the Via. to 2JAa. appeared in new colours. The 116a.
showed the same two types of surcharge as its predecessor. On the same
date, the G.B. “Festival” 2s.6d. surcharged 2 RUPEES was placed on sale,
but it was not until 1969 that it was discovered that there had been two
different types of surcharge. The original printing order (750 sheets —
30,000 stamps) was placed with Waterlows on March 12th, 1951, and, as
the total sales were officially given as 34,859, it was obvious that there
must have been a second printing at some time.
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