HM Queen Elizabeth II Stamps & Ephemera

These are some lovely postcard size flyers stamped and marked to celebrate the Queen art and Image Exhibition in 2012.





















These go lovely with the original poster and print I found.  Only regret I never saw the exhibition

The NPG produced a set of 20 postcards.

Tell me something interesting about any of the portraits and I will do another giveaway.  It can be postal related or related to the portrait or the artist.

I will chose which I think is the most interesting next Monday evening after 7pm.

It can be anything.

Will send a 20 postcard book to the most original answer.

To help I have listed the postcards below that are in the book.

Hope u enjoy the research.  Jeff's did similar with oranges and I loved researching.  

Congrats, sarah ! A very well deserved honour. You may be self-taught, but you are definitely an expert.

Thank you for entering Stanley64 Nice work

Something a bit topical that you might enjoy.

This week HM Queen did a talk with the Royal Life Saving Society and talked about her award..


I have found this on my travels.  It is a really rare piece of cake that HRH Princess Elizabeth presented to Captain Biscoe who was then Secretary.  She would have been 12 years of age.

I would not advise eating the cake.  My kids think it is disgusting I have this cake.  It is sealed very well.

Congratulations Sarah!
a great accomplishment for all the time searching and collecting.

David

Renden Loved seeing your badges. The first award was awarded to HRH Princess Elizabeth. Really worth watching the zoom call HM Queen and how she spoke of her time over 80 years ago. She was so proud to wear it on her swimsuit.

I have recently shown the different covers signed by the bridesmaids of 1947 and the Maids of honour from 1953.

After showing them I did a bit more research and came across this Gem of a first day cover for the Queens 60th birthday signed by 5 of the bridesmaids in their married names.  It goes really well with the other 5 covers









Only Pamela Hicks nee Mountbatten and the Queen are still alive which makes these even more poignant

Lady Caroline Montague Scott   became Caroline Hicks (passed away 2004)

Lady Mary Cambridge became Mary Whitley (passed away 1999)

Margaret Elphinstone became Margaret Rhodes (passed away 2016)

Lady Elizabeth Lambert became Elizabeth Longman (passed away 2016)

I dont think I will ever find covers signed by Princess Margaret (passed away 2002) Princess Alexandra of Kent (passed away 2004) or Diana Bowes Lyon (passed away 1986)

These are some if the silks

Coronation  day stamped card June 2nd 1953

To Celebrate the Queens 70th Birthday Antigua and Barbuda issued a June Mendoza stamp





In 2002 the Isle of Man issued a similar stamp but I noticed the dress has changed.





I contacted June Mendoza and she was impressed I had noticed the change and told me she changed the dress over a weekend as she felt the first dress looked like a dressing gown.  All with the Queens permission.

June Mendoza kindly introduced me to her photographer and I was able to buy the 2 prints.

This is one of the earliest colour photograph postcards I have been able to find of Princess Elizabeth with her parents.