BRIGHTER BRITISH STAMPS
Ihe first new issuo.of British -postage stamps since -1911 will be on sulo next month. It is expected that byau early date in 1935 tho stamps which Great Britain has known for twentyfive_ years* will be entirely replaced. Sir Kingsley Wood, who was opening the now General Post Office in Cambridge, said; a beginning would bo made with the l|d stamp. The id stamp would follow, and the remaining denominations would be made availablo at intervals of a few weeks.
The stamps are being'printed by a photogravure process which has long been muse for the printing of savings bank stamps,; and is more expensive than the old method of surface printing. Printing will for the first time be by private contract, and dies will no longer be struck by the Boyal Mint. The most noticeable change to the non-technical observer, will be in tho richer and ( -fuller colour, particularly of the red penny stamps. The King's profile will stand out more clearly and distinctly than heretofore.
Suci °t the cable news on thla page as Is so beaded has appeared In "The Times" and Is cabled to . Australia and Now Zealand by special permission. It should ba understood! that tbo opinions are not those or "The Times" unless expressly stated to Do so.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 9
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216BRIGHTER BRITISH STAMPS Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 9
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