British Colonies - King George VI Postal Stationery

Postal Stationery during the King George VI era (1938-1952) includes a number of very interesting items, including the introduction of Aerogrammes.

As far as I know, the only catalog that comprehensively listed postal stationery was the Higgins and Gage World Postal Stationery Catalog. Prior to selling the rights to Auktionen-Gaertner, Classic Philatelics owned the catalog. The last update I have from them is dated 1982, so it has been out of print for some time.

When Classic Philatelics stopped publishing, I contacted Auktionen-Gaertner and they gave me permission to publish the King George listings on my website. If you collect King George VI Postal Stationery, please feel free to check out the listings. Unfortunately there are no pictures, but each listing is described. Note that there is a drop down box where you can select from Aerogrammes, Lettercards, Envelopes, Military, Official, Postcards, Registered, and Wrappers (for newspapers).

http://www.kgvistamps.com/kgvistamp...Catalog.aspx

If you collect King George VI Postal Stationery, please post some of your favorites here.

Here are some other examples of King George VI era Postal Stationery.

Aerogramme



Lettercard



Registered Envelope



Japanese Overprint



Post Card



Envelope



Magazine Wrapper

The Robson Lowe Encyclopedias list KG6 Postal Stationery but as the first volumes were printed before the end of the reign and the entire empire was not covered they have their limitations. I'm sure the H&G are far more comprehensive though!