ILN cover - first postage stamp of the reign QEII

Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring the first postage stamp of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, issued 5 December 1952. The stamp featured a portrait by Dorothy Wilding and was designed by Mr. M. C. Farrar-Bell. The stamp shows the Queen's portrait surrounded by an ornamental oval and embodies in a group in the bottom left-hand corner, heraldic representations of the Rose, Thistle, Daffodil and Shamrock. They were produced by photogravure process by Messrs. Harrison and Sons, Ltd

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