Bermuda, Geo VI 12 Shillings, 6 Pence, 1938 Definitives

I just finished printing the page for the high values of the above series and I found Scott 127, the 12 shillings, 6 pence stamp, an odd value that I have not seen in other Geo VI sets.

What was the postal purpose for this value and was it an anomaly or does the value appear in other British Commonwealth sets?

Don

There does not have to be a postal purpose for the value, since that issue was also intended for and used for revenue/fiscal purposes. I believe the 12/6 was intended for passport fees, since most are found with that type of cancel:
http://www.bermudastamps.co.uk/issu...enue-stamps/

One could argue that there really is no postal purpose for the pound value. Like in the UK and its empire then and earlier, that one was probably intended for and used mostly for revenue purposes, or to pay both postage (small part) and revenue fees together.

hy-brasil:

Thanks for the reply, and the link.

Don