§ 10. Mr. Martenasked the Postmaster-General whether, in the cancellation over-stamping of mail, he will authorise the use of a cancellation design to advertise a town or district for tourism.
§ The Assistant Postmaster-General (Miss Mervyn Pike)My right hon. Friend is looking into the possibility of doing as my hon. Friend suggests, and he will write to him as soon as possible.
§ Mr. MartenI am grateful to hear that something appears to be on the way. Can my hon. Friend say how soon we can expect a decision on this, what would be the cost of initiating such a scheme and what examples there have been of this sort of thing happening? Further, will she say whether she has any proposals for control of the use of rather unfortunate symbols over our postage stamps?
§ Miss PikeI hope that we shall be able very shortly to initiate such a scheme. We are looking into the question of costs and into the question of a realistic form of control so that we do not get any unwanted form of slogan on our postage stamps.