431. PHQ Cards The 'PHQ' stands for Postal Headquarters. As a rule, all items published by the Post Office are given a number which is prefixed by letters. The first card issued, was the 3p W.G. Grace stamp from the set commemorating County Cricket, issued on 16th ...
432. The World's Rarest Stamp - 1c Guiana Magenta The British Guiana 1¢ Magenta is famed as being the world’s rarest stamp. It was issued in limited numbers in Guyana, formerly British Guiana and to this day only one example is known to exist.
433. Stamp History 1966 The first issue of 1966 was the Burns Commemoration which consisted of a 4d and 1s 3d and went on sale on 25th January. Robert Burns was born 1759 in Alloway, near Ayr. He was Scotland’s national poet and one of the most celebrated poets in the Unite...
434. KGVI Commemorative Issues The first commemorative stamp was issued on 13th May 1937 and was produced for the King’s coronation. The stamps, and most subsequent issues, were watermarked with the distinctive “GVIR” w...
435. King George VI - Stamp Issues The low value definitve stamps issued during the reign of King George VI were all printed by Harrison & Sons in Photogravure from designs by E. Dulac. They were issued between 1937 and 1951 and had three separate issues during that time.
436. King Edward VII - Printing & Paper Contracts When King Edward VII came to the throne on 22nd January 1901, the contract between De La Rue and the Inland Revenue for printing stamps had nearly ten years still to run. Discussions about...
437. King Edward VII Edward VII, born November 9, 1841, was the eldest son of Queen Victoria. He took the family name of his father, Prince Consort Albert, hence the change in lineage, although he was still Hanoverian on his mother's side. He married Princess Alexandra o...
438. King Edward VIII - Stamp Issues During the brief reign of King Edward VIII, only the four most commonly used values were issued : 1/2d, 1d, 1 1/2d and 2 1/2d. By contrast to previous definitive issues the design was kept extremely simple and was very suitable for reproduction by ...
439. King Edward VIII Edward VIII (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) became King after the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20 January 1936, until his abdication on 11 December 1936. He was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father having changed the nam...
440. King George V - Profile Head Issue 1912-1922 The Profile Head issue replaced the Downey Head issue in the second half of 1912, though some of the values were not
issued until August 1913.
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The 'PHQ' stands for Postal Headquarters. As a rule, all items published by the Post Office are given a number which is prefixed by letters. The first card issued, was the 3p W.G. Grace stamp from the set commemorating County Cricket, issued on 16th ...
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