Cylinder Numbers

The original GEIC printings used cylinder number 1 for all colours, but a few values had number 2 assigned to some colours on subsequent reprints. Position A is the top pane of all vertical stamps, with position B being the bottom pane. Position A is the left pane and position B is the right pane on all horizontal stamps. See Sheet Layout.

The following cylinder numbers are known:
A blank in the table indicates the position has yet to be seen.

1st printing: Block CA watermark. Issued 1971-5-31 Yellowish tinted gum
(upright on vertical stamps, sideways on horizontal stamps)

Notes:

1. Positions A and B do not necessarily exist for all values of the panes returned from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (all CA Block watermark). Some of them were also used for the Gilbert Islands overprints.
2. The overprints applied to the reprinted panes (all CA spiral watermark) were done after the master sheets were cut into panes A and B. Positions A and B do not necessarily exist for all values as the same panes were used for the Gilbert Islands overprints. So far only the 2c and 35c position A have yet to be seen.