Definitive series Elisabeth II. (Wilding)

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Queen Elizabeth II is a series of postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail in the United Kingdom . The definitive series was issued from 1952 to 1971 and replaced from 1967 by the definitive series Elisabeth II by Arnold Machin . The stamps contain the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding .

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The photo used by Dorothy Wilding was taken on February 26, 1952. In the picture, the Queen is wearing a diadem made for King George IV . Wilding worked as a photographer for the British royal family since 1937. Based on the photo, two different motifs were created that were used in parallel for the different value levels.

18 denominations appeared in the non-decimal currency denomination of the pound sterling , which was in use until 1971 , from 1 / 2d (half a penny ) to 1 / 6d (1 shilling / 6 pence), which were issued from December 1952. The trademarks contained one of the following watermarks as a security feature :

  • Tudor crown and E2R (1952 to 1954),
  • St. Edwards Crown and E2R (1955 to 1958) or
  • St. Edwards crown (without monogram, from 1958).

Different positions of the watermark are known, and from 1962 the stamps were printed on white instead of cream-colored paper.

In 1955, four large-format postage stamps with the depiction of locks in the denominations of 2 / 6d, 5 and 6 shillings and 1 pound appeared as a supplement. These are the locks

These editions were printed on paper with the watermarks St. Edwards Crown and E2R and St. Edwards Crown (without monogram).

  • Combination of brands in the two different designs

  • 3 pence mark

  • Higher values ​​with locks

Any expenditure in old pence and shillings became invalid after the pound was decimalized. Further values ​​in decimal currency were published in 1998 in stamp booklets and in 2002, 2003 and 2012 in souvenir sheets .

Regional editions

In addition to the British issues, regional issues were issued for Wales , Scotland , Northern Ireland , Guernsey , Jersey and the Isle of Man , which used the same portrait of the Queen but differed in the design of the postage stamps. The expenses for the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man lost their validity there with the introduction of postal self-government in 1969.

  • Northern Ireland regional edition

  • Guernsey regional edition

Overprints

For use in North Africa (agencies in Morocco , International Zone of Tangier ) trademarks of the wilding patterns with the corresponding designations, for use in the Middle East ( Bahrain , Qatar , Kuwait , Muscat ) with the country names and new values ​​in Indian currency (in Muscat only with the new values) overprinted.

Effects of Postal Automation

In the course of attempts at automated cancellation, from 1957 onwards some denominations were issued with graphite strips printed on the reverse. In 1960, the stamps were provided with phosphorescent strips on the front, first in addition to, then instead of the graphite strips, of which there are different variants, which differ mainly in the afterglow period.

Web links

Commons : Wilding series  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The Life of Dorothy Wilding" ( August 24, 2010 memento on WebCite ), Stamp Magazine , accessed December 23, 2013