New colour for Royal Collection?
Oct 7, 2022 3:19:15 GMT
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Post by jamesw on Oct 7, 2022 3:19:15 GMT
Hi Everybody! Been a while.
I was thinking recently about the passing of Her Majesty, and started to wonder what colour the Royal Philatelic Collection will take on next. Each Monarch since George VI started his collection (with the help of his Uncle Alfred) has chosen a different colour of Morocco leather to cover the stamp albums of their reign - George VI chose Red, George V Blue and her Majesty chose a dark Green, this according to Nicholas Courtney's book, The Queen's Stamps. I don't see a mention of Edward VIII's albums, though I'm going to have re-read. His reign was short of course, and I don't know if he chose a colour, but he was a collector of sorts, and was interested in maintaining it, despite rumours that he was considering selling.
So what do we think is next? What colour will HM Charles III chose to continue the Royal Collection, and differentiate his albums from the others? Burgundy? Ochre? The possibilities are endless.
And I apologize if this has already been discussed. I did a search but found nothing.
edit: A quick google search came up with this website from the Canadian Museum of History and shows the three album colours. There isn't one shown for Edward.
www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/timbres-majeste/royal-i-i3-e.html
I was thinking recently about the passing of Her Majesty, and started to wonder what colour the Royal Philatelic Collection will take on next. Each Monarch since George VI started his collection (with the help of his Uncle Alfred) has chosen a different colour of Morocco leather to cover the stamp albums of their reign - George VI chose Red, George V Blue and her Majesty chose a dark Green, this according to Nicholas Courtney's book, The Queen's Stamps. I don't see a mention of Edward VIII's albums, though I'm going to have re-read. His reign was short of course, and I don't know if he chose a colour, but he was a collector of sorts, and was interested in maintaining it, despite rumours that he was considering selling.
So what do we think is next? What colour will HM Charles III chose to continue the Royal Collection, and differentiate his albums from the others? Burgundy? Ochre? The possibilities are endless.
And I apologize if this has already been discussed. I did a search but found nothing.
edit: A quick google search came up with this website from the Canadian Museum of History and shows the three album colours. There isn't one shown for Edward.
www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/tresors/timbres-majeste/royal-i-i3-e.html