Birthday celebrations are being held this weekend for Queen
Elizabeth II; her official birthday that is, not her actual birthday which was
in April.
Edward
VII, who reigned from 1901 to 1910, was born in November. He celebrated officially
in May or June because there was less chance of it being cold and drizzly
during the outdoor event.
Then the
Queen's father, George VI, whose birthday was in December, reintroduced the
tradition of an official birthday, which Elizabeth II has continued.
George
VI had his official birthday on the second Thursday of June. In 1959, after
several years on the throne, the Queen changed it to the second Saturday for
convenience.
It can
now be on either the first or the second, and sometimes the third Saturday of
the month and is marked by Trooping the Colour carriage and horse procession in
central London and a fly-past over Buckingham Palace.
The
above is a Miniature sheet I found this afternoon – it gave me the idea to
write this along with a competition – the winner will receive it.
Send me
the answer to the following – what was the face value of the stamps that were
on the First Day of Issue cover for the first Wilding Definitives issued in
1952?
Email me
at cddstamps@gmail.com PLEASE include your mailing address or I
cannot mail if you are the winner – winner will be first correct entry
received.
All the
best … Michael
cddstamps.com