STAMPS FOR NEW REIGN
PROBABLE ISSUE IN MARCH (tbom: our own correspondent,) LONDON, December 16. New stamps for the new reign will probab.y be issued in March, certainly before the Coronation. On the day that the Duke of Windsor left England a rumour was spread abroad that King Edward VIII. stamps would be withdrawn immediately, and the old King George V. stamps substituted until George VI. issues were ready. The rumour, which was given a categorical denial, had caused a rush by philatelists to buy up Edward VIII. stamps. The Coronation issue is, however, likely to receive immediate consideration. Suggestions for design have been debated, and it seems probable that the only change in procedure will be the substitution of the head of King George VI. in the general scheme in place of that of Edward VIII. The Royal Mint had made progress with dies for Edward VIII. coinage, and these are now useless. George V. money will continue to be minted as required until dies bearing the head of George VI. have been approved, and prepared.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21985, 8 January 1937, Page 11
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