§ 45. Mr. Randallasked 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. MawbyIt 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:
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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