HC Deb 28 November 1961 vol 650 cc36-7W
Sir C. Black

asked 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.

Miss Pike

Twenty-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