FOR CORONATION.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 355, 9 February 1937, Page 5

FOR CORONATION.

Special Stamp Issue To Be Made. Press Association | Wellington, Last Night. j The New Zealand Post and Tele- | graph Department intends to issue | special comm lucrative itamps at the i time of the coronation of His Majesty j King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. ■ ‘‘There v. ill be three denominations,” i stated the Postmaster-General/ the ! Hon. F. Jones, yesterday, ‘‘ld (red), j (blue), and 6d (Vermillion), and i in shape and general design they will j bear a close resemblance to the sil- . ver jubilee issue. The oblong shape, I about twice the siez. of the current ' penny stamp, will carry the portraits ’ of Their Majesties, surrounded by a j frame in which will appear a distinc- ! tive New Zealand design. “The order for the preparation of j this issue,” added the Postmaster- ; General, ‘ has already been placed ! with Messrs Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co., Ltd., London, the printers • of the silver jubilee stamps, and de i livery will be made in time to commence sales about the date of the! coronation early in May. The in tag-i lio line-engraving method of repro- ' duction is being utilised because this ! gives a very clear impression. The ■ coronation stamps will be on sale un- I til December 31. temporarily replacing pictorial stamps' of the same denominations. - f i