Postage Stamp Centenary Stamps

These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.

06.05.1940 | James Chalmers of Dundee, Postmarked at Bournemouth

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3d Victoria & George VI
Postmark:
Bournemouth, 27th Philatelic Congress., Special Handstamp
Notes: STAR ITEM This is not only a rare postmark, but also a rare envelope design.
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