§ Sir C. Blackasked the Postmaster-General how many special stamps have been issued in the past fifteen years to mark outstanding current national and international events; and if he will give a list of the events in respect of which such stamps have been issued.
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§ Miss PikeTwenty-nine special stamps have been issued in the past fifteen years for the following ten outstanding current events:
Date Occasion Number of Stamps 10th May, 1948 Channel Islands Liberation 2 29th July, 1948 Olympic Games 4 3rd May, 1951 Festival of Britain 2 3rd June, 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 5 1st August, 1957 World Scout Jubilee Jamboree 3 12th September, 1957 46th Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union 2 18th July, 1958 VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games 3 28th August, 1961 Post Office Savings Bank Centenary 3 18th September, 1961 Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations—Torquay 3 25th September, 1961 VII Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2