Commemorative Stamps

HC Deb 28 April 1964 vol 694 cc34-5W

45. Mr. Randall

asked the Postmaster-General if he will give a list of all commemorative stamps so far issued; and what profit has accrued from their sale.

Mr. Mawby

It is not possible to estimate with any degree of reliability what profit we have made from philatelic sales of the 28 series of commemorative stamps issued since 1924, but it might be of the order of £3 million. The following is the list:

Special Postage Stamps
Description and date of issue	Denominations
		£	s.	d.
1.	British Empire Exhibition—April, 1924			1
				1½
2.	Postal Union Congress—May, 1929			½
				1
				1½
				2½
		1	0	0
3.	King George V Silver Jubilee—May, 1935			½
				1
				1½
				2½
4.	King George VI Coronation—May, 1937			1½
5.	Penny Post Centenary—May, 1940			½
				1
				1½
				2
				2½
				3
6.	Peace Issue—June, 1946			2½
				3
7.	King George VI Silver Wedding—April, 1948			2½
		1	0	0
8.	Channel Island Liberation—May, 1948			1
				2½
9.	Olympic Games—July, 1948			2½
				3
				6
			1	0
10.	UPU 75th Anniversary—October, 1949			2½
				3
				6
			1	0

Description and date of issue	Denominations
		£	S.	d.
11.	Festival of Britain—May, 1951			2½
				4
12.	Queen Elizabeth II Coronation—June, 1953			2½
				4
			1	3
			1	6
13.	World Scout Jubilee Jamboree—August, 1957			2½
				4
			1	3
14.	46th Conference of Inter-Parliamentary Union: September, 1957			4
15.	Sixth British Empire and Commonwealth Games—July, 1958			3
				6
			1	3
16.	Tercentenary of Art Establishing "General Letter Office"—July, 1960			3
			1	3
17.	First Anniversary of the Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations—September, 1960			6
			1	6
18.	Post Office Savings Bank Centenary—August, 1961			2½
				3
			1	6
19.	Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, Torquay—September, 1961			2
				4
				4
				10
20.	Seventh Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference—September, 1961			6
			1	3
21.	National Productivity Year—November, 1962			2½
				3
			1	3
22.	Freedom from Hunger—March, 1963			2½
			1	3
23.	Paris Postal Conference—May, 1963			6
24.	National Nature Week—May, 1963			3
				4½
25.	Ninth International Lifeboat Conference—May, 1963			2½
				4
			1	6
26.	Red Cross Centenary Congress—August, 1963			3
			1	3
			1	6
27.	Commonwealth Pacific Cable—December, 1963		1	6
28.	Shakespeare Festival Stamps—April, 1964			3
				6
			1	3
			1	6
			2	6