British Guiana

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British Guiana is on the northeast coast of South America. It is now kn own as Guyana. Postal service began in 1796.

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 * In 1934-51, new George V pictorials were issued without dates.
 * In 1935, the Silver Jubilee omnibus set was issued, the first of the colonial omnibus sets to follow.
 * In 1938-52, George VI pictorial definitives were issued using most of the vignettes of the George V issue. 1938 printings were issued perf 12½. The 96c was issued perf 12½x13½ in 1944. It and most of the others were issued perf 14x13 (horizontal format designs) or perf 13x14 in 1949-52.
 * In 1954-63, Elizabeth II pictorials were issued on Multiple Script CA watermarked paper. Most values would be issued in 1963-65 on St. Edward's Crown watermarked paper.
 * In May 1966, the country became fully independent, renaming itself Guyana.

Official

 * In 1875, contemporary definitives were overprinted "OFFICIAL", the 1c with larger and different lettering than the others.
 * In 1877 contemporary definitives were overprinted with a small "OFFICIAL". 12c and 24c values were never issued.



Postage due

 * In 1942, the colonial type numeral design was issued on Multiple CA watermarked paper. Three values were issued on chalky paper in 1952. The set was printed on St. Edward's Crown watermarked paper but never used.



War tax

 * In 1918, a 2c George V stamp was overprinted War / Tax. There is quite a bit of variation in the positions of the two words.



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