HC Deb 24 October 1968 vol 770 cc349-50W
Dame Joan Vickers

asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that there is to be a commemoration ceremony in London on 5th May, 1969, for the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe, whether he will issue a stamp for this occasion and also allow use of a special Council of Europe postmark.

Mr. Joseph Slater

We announced on 5th August that we shall be including a stamp in our April, 1969, "Anniver- saries" series to mark the 10th anniversary of the Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administration (C.E.P.T.). Although our programme does not permit us to issue this stamp on 5th May, it will bear the common "Europa" design which is being issued by all other countries concerned and is intended to celebrate the founding of the Council of Europe as well as C.E.P.T.

There will be a special "First Day of Issue" postmark for the Anniversaries series of stamps and we should certainly be prepared to authorise in addition a special Council of Europe postmark.