Captions of the items covering the British West Indies continued from p.87 (Bulletin No, 7):
GRENADA. Block of twelve tete-beche 1d stamps, submitted to the Crown Agents on December 23, 181, "to illustrate the character of work, which we could throw into such stamps surface printed, suggesting them in place of the recess printed stamps then current and supplied by Perkins, Bacon & Co. On October 12, 1882 an order was placed for stamps of this design and printed by this method but with the top line reading Grenada Postage." Block of twelve tete-beche 1d in purple, submitted as an example of the alteration requested. 'This was approved by the Crown Agents on October 12, 1882. 1882. The Crown Agents requested the submission of a design in February 1882 for reproduction by the key-plate system, and on the 27th of that month the hand-drawn essay shown was submitted. It was rejected in favour of the specially prepared and printed block of 1d stamps submitted on December 23, 1881, which was approved by the Government of Grenada on September 26, 1882, and an order placed by the Crown Agents on October 12, 1882. 2 designs submitted on Sept. 18th, each for reproduction from key die and duty plates.
"B" was approved on October 5, 1886 and was issued in January 1887. Die proof for the original letterpress issue of 1883; an essay circa 1894, a die proof of the 1898 Anniversary issue; blank duty die proof of the recess issue of 1906; a vignette die proof of the letterpress issue of 1908, and an approved colour proof of the 2/6d denomination issued in 1929. On October 22, 1894, the Governor of Grenada forwarded a requisition calling for new POSTAGE AND REVENUE stamps, and the Crown Agents asked for designs covering (a) the Arms of the Colony, and (b) utilising their universal key-plate. The Appendix shown pulled from the 6d die with the name painted in. was submitted with a special key-plate design attached on November 2nd. This was followed on January 9th, 1895, by a further requisition for 21/2d, 3d, 6d, 8d and 1/- stamps, which the Crown Agents asked the Company to produce from their universal key-plate, printing the pence in purple and the shilling in green and submitting specimens of the colours proposed. These were sent on January 16th. Appendix re-submitted on January 23rd, showing the 8d overprint in black painted by hand, to accord with the Crown Agents desire for a differentiation with the red overprint of the 1d It was approved on January, 25th. The 4d, 2/-and 5/- of the November 2, 1894 Appendix were never issued. On February 13 1905 the Government proposed a new issue of 1/2d, 1d and 21/2d stamps by the recess process, following the style of the Revenue stamps showing the Badge of the Colony. The essay shown was submitted following the authority of the Crown Agents to put in hand a one-colour stamp on March 29th. It was approved on April 8th. Colour scheme of July 7, 1905, showing alternative colours for the 2d, approved on July 10th, subject to the 21/2d approximating more closely to the colour of the English stamp. Revised colour proof using the 1d die of July 12th approved on July 17th.