The 1912 King George V Official Issue
In 1912 the first set of King George V official stamps were issued. The values issued were 3p, ½a, 1a, 2as, 4as, 6as and 8as. Each value is known in different shades.
The 1914 King George V I.E.F. Issue used in Iraq
Upon the outbreak of World War I and the despatch Indian Expeditionary a set of 13 stamps from the KGV 1911 issue were overprinted with I.E.F. for use of the forces, where stationed. The stamps were used in France (September 1914), East Africa, Mesopotamia, and Turkey. The stamps ceased to be valid for postage on 15 October 1921.
The values issued were 3ps, ½a, 1a, 2as, 2as6ps, 3as, 4as, 8as, 12as and 1r.
BUSHIRE – Under British Occupation – 1st Issue
In conjunction with the British occupation of Bushire a set of 14 Persian stamps were overprinted with “BUSHIRE – Under British Occupation”. The overprinting was done by the British Residency and Eight different settings are recognized.
Definitive
BUSHIRE – Under British Occupation – 1st Issue – Without “Stop” after Occupation
13 values of the 14 issued values of the 1st issue exist without the “stop” after “Occupation”- i.e. all the values overprinted in strips of 10 where the variety is found on stamp number 9. The 5ch was overprinted in strips of 5 and as such does not exist with the variety.