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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dick Eassom, post: 128905, member: 2836&quot;]Fellow philatelists,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m laying out a worldwide International Cooperation Year (ICY) album and I have a question on the Gibraltar omnibus issue. My Scott catalog, Stamp World, and Colnect all state the two values as ½d (Scott 169, SG182) and 4d (Scott 170, SG183). However, that would mean that the colors are reversed for this country only!</p><p><br /></p><p>The lower value of the pair for each participating country is greenish blue &amp; claret, with the higher value being light violet &amp; green. Why should Gibraltar be reversed?</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only that, but comparing the ½d on the Gibraltar stamp and the ½d on the Bahamas issue or the ½c Basutoland issue shows the design to be completely different.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.colnect.net/b/120/038/International-Co-operation-Year.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.colnect.net/b/1414/483/ICY-Emblem.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My theory is the Gibraltar ½d is actually 1 shilling and 2 pence, which would be written as 1/2d, e.g. similar to the Pitcairn Islands 1 shilling and 6 pence value (1/6d):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.colnect.net/b/2667/732/ICY-Emblem.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts? Does anyone have a SG catalog that they could kindly check for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Much thanks for all your contributions!</p><p><br /></p><p>Dick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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