Royal Visits

1939 Royal visit to North America. I have posted this on another thread but thought I would show it again. It is quite common but I like it.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting St. John's Co-Cathedral, a Baroque style church designed by the Maltese military architect Glormu Cassar (1520-1592), and built between 1573 and 1578 to be the conventual church of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John, known as the Knights of Malta, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd, and issued for use in Malta on May 3, 1954 to publicize the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Malta, Scott No. 242.

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This is a great photo of Queen Elizabeth featured on this postcard.





special cancel on reverse of card.

my contribution to this thread:


and the back side:

Apologies to anyone who has seen this one before..i think its appropriate in this topic also !

Lake Naivasha, Royal Visit 1952, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in the British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika on February 1, 1952, Scott No. 98.

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Dhow building, Royal Visit 1954, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in Aden on April 27, 1954, Scott No. 62.

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Ocean Going Liner, Royal Visit 1954, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Gibraltar on May 10, 1954, Scott No. 146.

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Coco palms at Columbus Cove, Royal Visit 1953 stamp engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in Jamaica on November 23, 1953, Scott No. 154.

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring portraits of Baudouin (1930-1993), King of the Belgians, his consort, Queen Fabiola (1928- ), and the coat of arms of Belgium, designed by S. Pruneda, printed by photogravure, and issued by Mexico on October 18, 1965 to commemorate the couple's royal visit, Scott No. C306.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring portraits of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, printed by photogravure, and issued by Brazil on May 25, 1967 to commemorate the Japanese royal couple's visit to Brazil, Scott No. 1049.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set commemorating the 300th anniversary of the royal audience on December 19, 1670 of the ambassador of the king of Ardres with the king of France, designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by Dahomey (now Benin) on July 6, 1970, Scott Nos. 271-74.

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French sailing ships La Justice and La Concord leaving Ardres, January 4.


Mattheo Lopes, ambassador of Andres, and his coat of arms.


King Alkemy of Ardres, and his coat of arms.


King Louis XVI of France, and his coat of arms.

Happy 88th Birthday to Queen Elizabeth II! Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the young queen wearing the insignia of the "Order of Australia," designed by Frank D. Manley with the collaboration of Australian artist Ralph Malcolm Warner (1902-1966), engraved by Frank D. Manley, printed by W.C.G. McCracken, and issued by Australia on February 2, 1954 as one of a set of three stamps commemorating the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, Scott No. 268.

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PS I am currently reading a fascinating biography of King Edward VII, the queen's oft-disparaged great-grandfather, entitled The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince (2013), by Jane Ridley.

Let's revisit this thread. Here's a nice (if a little dirty) First Day Cover commemorating the visit of the Royal Couple to Newfoundland in 1939. Back cancelled June 19, 1939

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Haile Selassie I (1892-1975), Emperor of Ethiopia, printed by photogravure, and issued by Brazil on January 31, 1961 to commemorate Selassie's state visit, Scott No. 915, plus a photo of the uniformed emperor in 1969, and a YouTube link to a short newsreel about this visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODOpIBsvmM Historical note: On December 13, 1960, during Haile Selassie's visit to Brazil, his Imperial Guard staged a coup d'état, briefly proclaiming Haile Selassie's eldest son Asfa Wossen as emperor. However, the coup was crushed by the regular army and police forces.

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