§ Sir H. Webbeasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of postage stamps sold by the Crown Agents for the Colonies to dealers in England during 1956, and, through their Bureau in Washington, to dealers in the United States of America for 1956, respectively, and the total amount received from such respective sales.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe total number of stamps sold by the Crown Agents to dealers in this country and through their Bureau in Washington during the year 1956 was 17,843,100. Separate figures are not available to show how many of these were sold to dealers in the United Kingdom or through the Bureau in Washington, but the total amount received in respect of these sales was £417,029 16s. 8d. of which £296,387 18s. 9d. was paid by dealers in this country and £120,641 17s. 11d. by dealers in North America.