Post by jamesw on May 11, 2014 1:59:09 GMT
I'm always saying 'I don't collect these but...', and I don't. But I found this in an antique shop today and something caught my eye.
Now, I don't collect Britain, so correct me if I'm wrong on this one, you GB experts. I had heard that, in the British Post, once a monarch dies and his/her successor is crowned and new stamps are issued, the stamps of the old monarch are demonetized and no longer used. This cover with two King Eddie 1/2 p stamps (SC#230, issue date 1936) was postmarked in 1951, almost exactly a year before the death of his brother King George VI.
Since King Ed abdicated (we all know the story), and was therefore no longer monarch, especially 15 years later, isn't this improper usage of the stamps?
Help me out here...
Note: the cover has an event postmark - British Industrial Fair, 30 April - 11 May 1951, London & Birmingham.
The seller told me the recipient was her husband's father.
Now, I don't collect Britain, so correct me if I'm wrong on this one, you GB experts. I had heard that, in the British Post, once a monarch dies and his/her successor is crowned and new stamps are issued, the stamps of the old monarch are demonetized and no longer used. This cover with two King Eddie 1/2 p stamps (SC#230, issue date 1936) was postmarked in 1951, almost exactly a year before the death of his brother King George VI.
Since King Ed abdicated (we all know the story), and was therefore no longer monarch, especially 15 years later, isn't this improper usage of the stamps?
Help me out here...
Note: the cover has an event postmark - British Industrial Fair, 30 April - 11 May 1951, London & Birmingham.
The seller told me the recipient was her husband's father.
