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VISCOUNT ELIBANKMy Lords, I beg to ask the first Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
§ [The Question was as follows:
§ To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will state the number of postage stamps of the values of 2½d., 3d., 4d., 2s. 6d., 5s. 0d., 10s. 0d., 15s. 0d., £1, respectively which were sold during the last year for which figures are available.]
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (EARL DE LA WARR)My Lords, as the Answer contains a number of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Briefly, the figures run from 2,900 million for 2½d. stamps to 600,000 for £1 stamps. Fifteen shilling postage stamps are not issued in this country.
§ Following is the full Answer:
§ The approximate numbers of postage stamps issued in 1954 of values mentioned by the noble Viscount were:—
| 2½d. | … | … | 2,900 million |
| 3d. | … | … | 121 million |
| 4d. | … | … | 83 million |
| 2s. 6d. | … | … | 10 million |
| 5s. 0d. | … | … | 5 million |
| 10s. 0d. | … | … | 2.5 million |
| £1 | … | … | 600,000 |
VISCOUNT ELIBANKMy Lords, I beg to thank the noble Earl for his Answer, and also for sending me an advance copy of it.