Half Penny Post Office

Year One:  Red
Year Two:  Gold
Year Three:  Ochre
Year Four:  Violet

Year One:  Red

Pimpernel Orange on a white face.  Patrician in profile opposite denomination.  Central design of the Original Post Office before restoration.  Some subject to in line perforations (coarse cut).  The stamps first printed were hand perforated and were about 1 mm smaller in print area than the stamps subsequently produced in Holland.
  Dimensions:  33 mm x 20 mm
  Released:  July 2004
  Withdrawn:  December 2005
  Number released:  35 000 (10 000 of which were used on Waterstones covers).
 Original cost:  
   Individual stamp: £0.20  SHS-AM0001-Ab; SHS-AM0001-Aw; SHS-AM0001-Am
   Sheet of 20:  £4.00 SHE-AM0001-Am

Year Two:  Gold

Gold on a white face. Central design is of the original Post Office after restoration and bearing the motto Neither Rain nor Snow Nor Gloom of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their Duty.
  Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
  Released:  December 2005
  Withdrawn: April 2007
 Original cost:  
   Individual stamp: £0.25  SHS-AM0033-Am
   Sheet of 20:  £5.00 SHE-AM0029-Am

Sport:  Reversed Cabbages

SHS-AM0033-BmThe cabbages in the top cartouches are swapped.
SHS-AM0033-Bm
Rarity:  One per sheet.  Located in the second row, third column

Year Three:  Ochre

Ochre on a white face. Central design is of the original Post Office after restoration and bearing the motto Neither Rain nor Snow Nor Gloom of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their Duty.
  Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
  Released:  April 2007
  Withdrawn: January 2008
 Original cost:  
   Individual stamp: £0.25  SHS-AM0082-Aw
   Sheet of 25:  £6.25 SHE-AM0067-Aw

Year Four:  Violet

Shades of violet on a white face. Central design is of the original Post Office after restoration and bearing the motto Neither Rain nor Snow Nor Gloom of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their Duty.
  Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
  Released:  January 2008
  Withdrawn:
 Original cost:  
   Individual stamp: £0.25  SHS-AM0112-Aw
   Sheet of 25:  £6.25 SHE-AM0091-Aw

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