Object number
2010/147
Collection
Exhibition
Creator
Description
This is a block of four unused 2.5 pence George VI ‘Victory’ postage stamps. This stamp was designed by H. L. Palmer, a staff artist of the postage stamp and banknote engraving and printing firm of Harrison & Sons Ltd., on the theme of peace and reconstruction. It was submitted to the King on 29 March 1946 and approved, and was released on 11 June 1946. The stamp is blue with the King’s head in the middle and an outline illustration in white of a tractor, house, power station or factory, and ship in the corners.
Label Text
Post-war postage stamps, 1946. A tractor featured amongst the symbols included on these ‘victory’ postage stamps, as issued in June 1946. There was popular demand for stamps to mark the end of the Second World War and the Post Office decided on a theme of ‘peace and reconstruction’. A design by H. L. Palmer was chosen for the 2½d stamp. Over two and a half million were sold. MERL 2010/147.
Production place
High Wycombe, High Wycombe
Production date
1946 - 1946
Object name
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