British Honduras

UPU member as British Colony from 1 January 1879.

class	H&G	year	value	colour	size	description	specimen type	notes
post card	3	1888	5c			QV colonial	D{2}
	5	1891	3c			QV colonial	D{2}
	6	1891	3c + 3c			QV colonial	D{2a}
	7	1898	1c			QV colonial	D{2a}
	10	1901	2c			QV colonial	D{4}
	11	1901	2c + 2c			QV colonial	D{4}
	12	1902	1c			KEVII head	D{4}
	13	1902	2c			KEVII head	D{4}
	14	1902	2c + 2c			KEVII head	D{4}
	16	1912	2c			KGV head	D{4}
	17	1938	2c			KGVI head	D{9}
regist env	C1	1912	2c & 3c	dark brown	G	KGV embossed	D{4rb}
	C2	1916	2c & 3c	red-brown	G	KGV embossed with moiré overprint	D{4r}
	C3	1920	2c & 3c	red-brown	G	KGV embossed	D{4r}
	C5	1938	2c & 3c		G	KGVI embossed	D{9a}
wrapper	E1	1920	1c			KGV	D{4}
	E2	1920	2c	red		KGV	D{4}
	E3	1924	2c	brown		KGV	D{4}
	–	1928	2c	scarlet		KGV	D{8a}	2
	E4	1938	1c			KGVI	D{9a}
	E5	1942 (March)	2c			KGVI	D{15}	3

type	image	dimensions	application	notes
D{2}		89–90 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{2a}	as above	89–90 × 8½–9	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{4}		91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{4r}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag BR to TL (inverted) on reverse
D{4rb}	as above	91½–93 × 8½–9	overprinted diag TR to BL (inverted) on reverse
D{8a}		56½ × 7½	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{9}		41 × 3½	overprinted diag BL to TR
D{9a}	as above	41 × 3½	overprinted diag TL to BR
D{15}		42 × 4	rubber h/s diag BL to TR in violet	3

1	All items listed were printed by De La Rue.
2	Colour reversion to UPU 'universal colour' not listed by Higgins & Gage.
3	This type also seen on Barbados KGVI wrapper - almost certainly applied by De La Rue following the bombing of their Bunhill Row works in late December 1940.

Compiled by Charles Freeland; incorporating comments by Ian Matheson.

Last updated 7 September 2008