"The 1921 issue on Script watermarked paper continued in general use for about seventeen years and it is not surprising that there are varying shades of the lower denominations apart from the actual changes in colour that were made. What is surprising, however, is that some of the marked differences have not achieved catalogue status. Although two distinct shades of both colours of the 1d. (S.G. 63-66) and of the 2½d. (S.G. 71 & 72) are quoted, there are in my view equally distinct shades of the ½d. (deep dull green and dull green). 1½d. (red-brown and pale red-brown), 2d. (grey, pale slate and deep slate), 3d. (pale purple on lemon and purple on pale yellow) and finally the 6d. (dull and bright purple and purple and bright purple). I have not found more than very slight variations in the shades of the other two 1½d. values (S.G.67 & 68), but that is, of course, not to say that marked differences do not exist and I shall be interested to learn the views of other members on this subject."
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