HEALTH STAMPS
PRINCESSES' PORTRAITS
The Postmaster-General (Mr. Webb) released today photographs of the 1943 health stamps, which are to be placed on sale early in October next. The stamps are in two denominations^—ld
postage plus id health, and 2d postage plus Id health. The lower denomination bears a portrait of her Royal Highness Princess Margaret and the higher denomination a portrait of her Royal Highness Prin-
cess Elizabeth. Other features of the design include a coronet in the apex, a spray of English oak with acorns in the left-hand corner, and a spray of New Zealand manuka in the right-hand corner. The stamps are based on a design submitted by Mr. J. Berry, of Wellington.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 104, 4 May 1943, Page 4
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115HEALTH STAMPS Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 104, 4 May 1943, Page 4
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