+ Issue Date     : 16/04/1947
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Definitive / General Issue
+ Printer        : Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Limited
+ Printing       : Lithography
+ Watermark      : Unwatermarked
+ Perforations   : 12
+ Separations    : Normal Perforations
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Vertical

On the country becoming a Crown Colony the pre-war stamps were issued with the King George VI's Royal Cypher overprinted as a temporary measure before true colonial designs were available.

Overprinted on Stamps of 1941-1941 (Sir Charles Vyner Brooke).

Overprinted in Typography by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co, Limited.
Original stamps were printed in Recess by the same printer.

Overprinted in Blue-black or Red.