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Edward VIII postage stamps : ウィキペディア英語版 | Edward VIII postage stamps
The Edward VIII postage stamps were issued in the United Kingdom during this King's short reign in 1936. == The definitive issue == The profile portrait chosen was taken by Hugh Cecil's studio. The design was suggested by H.J. Brown, an 18-year-old man, sent in February 1936 to the postal authorities. It inspired Harrison and Sons printers.〔"Great Britain" stamps #457-460, ''2008 Commonwealth & British Empire Stamps 1840-1970'', Stanley Gibbons, 2007, ISBN 978-0-85259-653-1, page GB15.〕〔A.J. Kirk in ''King Edward VIII'', The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1974, pages 5 and 6, quoted letters exchanged between Brown's family and the Post Office. H.J. Brown was thanked and told that his project could not be used as such. After the stamps issued, the father wrote how he was disappointed by the lack of frankness from the Post Office.〕 The only graphic decorations on the stamp were the crown, the denomination in the upper corners, and the word "POSTAGE" at the bottom. Brown's project, the simplest of all submissions, placed the words "POSTAGE" and "REVENUE" on the lateral sides.〔Reproduced on the cover and page iv of A.J. Kirk in ''King Edward VIII'', The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1974.〕 The Post Office wrote to Mr Brown telling him that his proposed design could not be used. After the stamp came out, clearly using Brown's design, Brown's father issued a statement regretting the Post Office's deceit. Watermarked with a crown and "E8R", the stamps were issued on 1 September 1936 for the halfpenny green, the threehalfpence brown and the twopence halfpenny blue, and on 14 September for the one penny red.〔A.J. Kirk, ''King Edward VIII'', The Great Britain Philatelic Society, 1974, pages 12-16.〕
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