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A Study of the King George VI Stamps of St. Kitts-Nevis, 1938-1950. Axbridge, Somerset: Murray Payne Ltd., 1997 ISBN 1-901624-00-5 69p. Brookes, Brian. Classic Collections: St. Kitts postal history. Javea (Spain): The British West Indies Study Circle, 2011 ISBN 9781907481147 34p.
Antigua: The Definitive Series of King George VI. Southampton: King George VI Collectors Society, 1975 28p. Study paper; no. 7. Freeland, Charles & John M Jordan. Antigua: The Stamps and Postal History. Javea (Spain): British West Indies Study Circle, 2016 ISBN 9781907481253 299p. Lowe, Robson.
A commemorative crown coin of the New Zealand pound was produced for a planned visit by King George VI in 1949. Having first visited the country in 1927 in his duties as the Duke of York, proposals for a visit by the monarch to New Zealand in 1940 were postponed by the outbreak of World War II.
Up to Elizabeth II's accession in 1952 the only commemorative stamps to have been issued related to royal events were for George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935, George VI's coronation in 1937, and a 1948 issue to commemorate George VI's 25th wedding anniversary. Since 1952, however, stamps have been issued to commemorate many royal occasions.
The King's Birthday Honours 1951 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various ... Society. Frederick David Baxter, Collector of ...
A 1906 advert for Weston from The Philatelic Index, 1906.. Herbert Edgar Weston (28 October 1874 in Chichester – 21 November 1961 in Twickenham), [1] or H. Edgar Weston, was a stamp dealer in Stockwell, London, then Twickenham, who used the pseudonym Victor Marsh and who purchased Jean-Baptiste Moens' stock of philatelic literature after Moens' retirement in about 1907.
Banbridge overhauled long-time leader Il Est Francais at the last fence to claim a dramatic win in the King George VI Chase at Kempton. Il Est Francais had been ahead under James Reveley for ...
King George's pennies were produced in the same alloy as before until 1922, but the following year the composition of bronze coins was set at 95.5 percent copper, 3 percent tin, and 1.5 percent zinc, although the weight remained at 1 ⁄ 3 ounce (9.4 g) and the diameter 1.2 inches (30 millimetres). This alloy was slightly more malleable; the ...