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1956 issue of Ascension

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Short desc: 1956

Issuer: Ascension
Date: 11/19/1956


Consists of 13 stamps: (See stamps as list)

1/2p brn&blk d=water catchment & Queen Elizabeth II
1p mag&blk d=map of Ascension & Queen Elizabeth II
1 1/2p org&blk d=Georgetown & Queen Elizabeth II
2p car&blk d=map showing cable network & Queen Elizabeth II
2 1/2p orgbrn&blk d=mountain road & Queen Elizabeth II
3p bl&blk d=boatswain bird & Queen Elizabeth II
4p prusgrn&blk d=long-finned tunny & Queen Elizabeth II
6p ind&blk d=rollers & Queen Elizabeth II
7p olive&blk d=young green turtles & Queen Elizabeth II
1sh scar&blk d=land crab & Queen Elizabeth II
2sh6p brnvio&blk d=wideawake & Queen Elizabeth II
5sh grn&blk d=Perfect Crater & Queen Elizabeth II
10sh pur&blk d=view from northwest & Queen Elizabeth II

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13

Issues with this name: Ascension, Chile, Finland, Reunion, French Southern & Antarctic Territories, Berlin, British offices in Morocco, British currency, British offices in Tangier, Iran, Jamaica, Korea, Maldive Islands, Morocco Northern Zone, Paraguay, Turkey, Virgin Islands, Yemen


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