IN PASSING
At Barcelona’s philatelic exhibition, Sir John Wilson, Keeper of the Queen’s Stamps, was asked why Britain did not follow the profitable example of other countries which issue many attractive stamps to get extra revenue at home and abroad. This was Us reply: “We invented stamps. With the agreement of the International Postal Union we are the only country that is not required to put its name on its stamps. Every stamp we issue has the reigning sovereign’s head in the design. It would be undignified to make it a financial racket.**
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29192, 30 April 1960, Page 3
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