HC Deb 03 March 1969 vol 779 cc49-50W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the Ross-Smith Commemorative Stamp showing that the flight from England to Australia was by way of Arabia is inaccurate; and if he will issue a corrected version of the Stamp depicting the correct route north of the Persian Gulf through Persia.

Mr. Stonehouse

The globe shown on the stamp is inevitably very small in scale, and in these circumstances some artistic licence was taken in order to portray effectively the curve in the route followed from Basra to Delhi. Reprinting is not necessary.