HC Deb 27 June 1938 vol 337 cc1526-7
47. Sir Ronald Ross

asked the Postmaster-General on how many occasions in the last 10 years cancellation stamps assisting the trade of certain areas in the United Kingdom, such as that advertising the Glasgow Exhibition, have been applied to letters originating in Northern Ireland?

Sir W. Womersley

It is not the practice to use official cancellation stamps to assist particular areas, whether for trade or other purposes, and so far as I can trace the only exception to this rule in the last 10 years has been the case of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Exhibition in 1929, before the policy had been rigidly defined. The cancellation stamp for the present Empire Exhibition at Glasgow was allowed, because the exhibition is of an Imperial character. A cancellation stamp for the British Industries Fair is also allowed for a short period each Spring.

48. Sir R. Ross

asked the Postmaster-General whether a cancellation stamp specifically assisting the trade of Northern Ireland has ever been in use in any part of the United Kingdom?

Sir W. Womersley

I am not aware of any case.

Mr. De la Bère

Will my hon. Friend consider doing something for agriculture in the Vale of Evesham?