The Designs

There were apparently four designers for these duties:

V.E. Ousey designed the 1/2d, 1s and 2s 6d.
Miss C.D Lovejoy designed the 1d, 11/2d and 5d.
Miss I. Stinson the 3d and 5s
A.V. Guy the 2d, 21/2d, 6d and 2s.

There were two printers, De La Rue (1/2d, 11/2d, 2d, 21/2d, 6d, 8d, 1s 5d, 1s 6d.
Waterlow printed the rest.

All the duties were recess printed.


1/2d Native Sailing Canoe
1d Native Village
11/2d Camakua (canoe)
2d Map of Fiji Islands
2d (1942) Government Offices
21/2d Map of Fiji Islands
3d Canoe and Arms of Fiji
5d Sugar Cane
6d Map of Fiji Islands
8d Arms of Fiji
1s Spearing fish by torchlight
1s 5d Arms of Fiji
1s 6d Arms of Fiji
2s Suva Harbour
2s 6d River Scene
5s Chief's Hut
10s Pawpaw Tree
£1 Police Bugler


All the stamps had Multiple Script CA watermarks.
Throughout the issue's life there were various perforations.