§ 58 and 59. Mr. Robert Cookeasked the Postmaster-General (1) how many 4½d., 5d. and 6d. stamps, respectively, were printed in each month of 1964 and 1965 to date;
(2) how many ½d., 1d., 1½d., 2d., 2½d., 3d., 4d., 4½d., 5d. and 6d. stamps, respectively, were printed in each month of 1963 and 1962, respectively.
§ Mr. BennFigures relating to the number of stamps actually printed each month are not kept by the Post Office, since they would include imperfect and waste stamps which are destroyed under security conditions. In addition the organisation of the printing programme schedule is a matter for the firm concerned, subject to their supplying to the Post Office the numbers of good stamps ordered within the specified period. The most meaningful figures we have available relate to the numbers issued to post offices by the Supplies Department each month. I am therefore circulating these figures in answer to the hon. Member's Questions.
I should add that the figures given in my Answer to the hon. Member on 21st June were also on this basis and did not as was incorrectly stated relate to the 255W actual numbers printed which are not available for the reasons I have given. I
POSTAGE STAMPS ISSUED TO POST OFFICES (expressed in millions) Year/Month Denominations ½d. 1d. 1½d. 2d. 2½d. 3d. 4d. 4½d. 5d. 6d. 1962— January … 12.8 4.2 5.8 22.2 50.4 137.1 2.6 7.4 1.7 16.3 February … 7.3 1.6 4.3 20.2 28.0 159.7 1.6 4.7 0.5 12.5 March … 5.2 2.2 5.2 17.9 30.1 197.9 1.3 4.5 0.5 12.8 April … 6.7 3.0 7.6 27.1 67.9 280.4 2.4 9.5 1.0 20.2 May … 4.8 2.3 6.7 23.7 79.3 194.7 2.1 5.9 0.7 14.3 June … 6.2 3.4 8.0 28.0 131.9 238.7 2.4 10.3 1.0 5.6 July … 5.7 4.0 7.7 23.4 106.7 188.8 3.1 6.4 0.7 18.2 August … 5.7 3.4 6.7 22.5 100.0 193.6 3.8 7.2 1.0 16.6 September … 6.6 4.4 7.9 28.5 112.8 246.3 3.7 7.8 1.1 21.7 October … 13.0 11.4 13.7 38.8 332.0 332.8 6.2 12.3 3.5 30.3 November … 17.7 15.4 17.0 44.1 439.2 348.1 8.5 15.1 5.5 37.3 December … 5.0 2.7 4.2 19.6 99.4 90.1 1.7 4.9 1.2 11.8 1963— January … 6.7 1.9 4.9 17.5 36.5 86.5 1.4 4.6 0.6 13.3 February … 5.3 2.0 5.7 20.1 28.6 134.4 1.5 5.4 0.5 14.9 March … 4.1 2.0 5.3 18.7 35.5 220.9 1.4 5.3 1.0 16.1 April … 6.8 4.0 8.8 29.8 66.7 295.7 2.6 10.2 1.1 29.2 May … 3.9 2.1 9.5 20.3 105.9 180.4 8.1 4.3 0.7 10.0 June … 5.0 3.4 6.9 26.7 78.2 189.0 2.7 5.2 0.9 15.6 July … 5.6 4.4 7.7 24.2 117.1 212.0 2.1 6.5 0.9 17.7 August … 6.5 5.2 8.3 28.7 120.4 259.9 3.4 7.4 1.3 21.0 September … 6.1 4.1 7.1 44.5 107.0 197.5 3.1 8.9 1.6 20.3 October … 12.1 10.0 13.7 38.4 345.2 355.6 5.8 13.0 3.4 32.3 November … 19.4 17.0 19.4 54.5 530.0 491.4 10.2 19.8 6.6 43.9 December … 2.6 1.2 2.4 9.0 72.3 55.4 0.8 2.3 0.5 7.6 256W
Year/Month Denominations 4½d. 5d. 6d. 1964— January … … … 4.7 0.6 11.8 February … … … 7.3 0.8 17.3 March … … … 6.0 0.6 12.3 April … … … 7.9 1.1 29.4 May … … … 8.9 1.7 13.1 June … … … 7.4 1.4 13.7 July … … … 8.6 1.3 26.1 August … … … 6.6 1.0 20.8 September … … … 7.9 1.4 9.8 October … … … 15.9 3.8 29.1 November … … … 18.7 5.9 33.2 December … … … 2.6 0.6 5.5 1965— January … … … 5.3 1.0 13.6 February … … … 5.7 0.8 14.2 March … … … 6.0 0.8 13.7 April … … … 6.0 1.9 19.6 May … … … 6.0 0.9 39.6 am sorry that this slip should have occurred.