HC Deb 29 March 1897 vol 47 cc1543-4
MR. HENNIKER HEATON

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, if he can explain to the House what are the particular difficulties in the way which prevent the issue of a special Imperial stamp or postage stamps to commemorate the great Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen?

MR. HANBURY

it was not suggested that any particular difficulties prevented the issue of a special Imperial stamp or postage stamps. in the opinion of Her Majesty's Government, the issue of a special Imperial stamp or postage stamps is not the proper way to commemorate the Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen, and, apart from the fact that it would now be too late to do so, the designs for coins and stamps do not seem to improve as time goes on.

MR. HENNIKER HEATON

asked whether it was not the fact that a new series of postage stamps was now in course of preparation?

MR. HANBURY

That is a separate Question, which I am not at this moment prepared to answer.