§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether the representation of the Queen-Empress on the postal and 823 revenue stamps in India has been altered so as to give a fairly accurate likeness of Her Majesty at the present day; and whether, seeing that the effigy of the Queen on the stamps supplied in the United Kingdom was designed in the early part of the present reign, a more modern effigy, such as that upon the coinage last issued, can be designed for British stamps?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. ARNOLD MORLEY,) Nottingham, E.I understand that the representation of Her Majesty on certain new Indian stamps has been altered as indicated in the question of the hon. Member. The stamps now in use in the United Kingdom are of comparatively recent design, the majority of them having been issued in the Queens Jubilee year. I can see no necessity for replacing these stamps by fresh designs at the present moment, but the point referred to by the hon. Member is one that will naturally come up for consideration when a new series is called for.