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Cover from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 1949 UPU issue, scanned October 2005 by User:Stan Shebs

The scratchout of the "first day of issue" seems to derive from a confusion in the Scott catalog, which reports the first day as 10/1 rather than 10/10, in contradiction to other catalogs.

Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

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  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1958.

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