New Postage Stamps -- The new embossed 2½-penny ordinary stamp and the embossed 8½-penny stamp for smaller sized registered letters, which came on sale in Britain today, November 29. The design is based on a sculptured profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II within the framework of the petals of a Tudor Rose - by The sculptor Cecil Thomas, who has made several portraits of the Queen for coins, medals and stamps for the new reign. November 29, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
New Postage Stamps -- The new embossed 2½-penny ordinary stamp and the embossed 8½-penny stamp for smaller sized registered letters, which came on sale in Britain today, November 29. The design is based on a sculptured profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II within the framework of the petals of a Tudor Rose - by The sculptor Cecil Thomas, who has made several portraits of the Queen for coins, medals and stamps for the new reign. November 29, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).