Sunday Stamps - Commemorative Victoria and George VI

After what seems a long break to me I thought I would return with two early stamps from my collection.

Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee 1897

And from the week before I was born - 

Coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth

For other commemorative stamps just follow the links at Sunday-stamps-commemorative.

Commemorating the Queen - Sunday Stamps II

The 90th Birthday of the Queen was commemorated earlier this year with a mini-sheet showing four generations.

Great Britain

Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth, Prince George and William, the Duke of Cambridge in the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace.

A set of 6 stamps was issued at the same time (21 April 2016)

• King George VI and the Princess Elizabeth
• Queen Elizabeth II
• The Queen and her first two children - Princess Anne and Prince Charles

• QE II
• The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• The Queen and Nelson Mandela

There will not be a commemorative set like this again for many years.

For other commemorative posts visit the links at Sunday-stamps-ii-90.

900th Anniversary - Sunday Stamps

For the commemorative theme this week I went looking for oldest anniversary issue I could find. I came up with two 900th anniversary stamps

Westminster Abbey

This was issued on 28 February 1966, one of two commemorative stamps. The other which I have never seen other than as a facsimile was for 2 shillings and six pence.

My second stamp was one of a set of eight issued on 14 October 1966; again I only have the one.

Battle of Hastings 1066

Six of the set had 4d denominations and there was one at 6d and one at 1s 3d.

As regular visitors to my Sunday Stamps will know I have a pet market stall holder. This week I thought I had struck gold when I found a set of postcards.

Four postcards were attached to this commemorating events  by boat, plane, tram and train in 1938.

The Mallard - New World Record 126mph

 

The reverse carried a date stamp of 6 July 1938 at a place called Essendine - a station on the Mallard's route and a place near to my boyhood home.

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It wasn't until I had carried my 'treasure' home that I realised this stamp and those on the other cards were not real. They were all prints of Great Britain Europa stamps issued in 1988!

Nevertheless I did not feel I'd been robbed as the whole lot cost me 50p.

For other real commemoratives I suggest you visit other posts at Viridian's Sunday-stamps-98