Wilding series

Queen Elizabeth II is a series of stamps of the Royal Mail in the United Kingdom. The Definitive series was issued from 1952 to 1971 and from 1967 replaced by the definitive stamp series Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin. The brands include the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the basis of a photograph by Dorothy Wilding.

Shaping

The photo used by Dorothy Wilding was born on 26 February 1952. The picture shows the Queen wearing a custom-built for King George IV Diadem. Wilding worked as a photographer for the British royal family since 1937. Based on the photos, two different designs were created, which were used in parallel for the different value levels.

It appeared 18 value steps in the conventional non-decimal currency until 1971 specifying the pound sterling, of 1/2d (half a penny ) to 1/6d ( one shilling / 6 pence ), which were issued in December 1952. The brands included as a safety feature, a watermark.

1955 published as a supplement four large-format stamps with the presentation of locks in the value steps 2/6d, 5 and 6 shillings and 1 pound. These are the locks:

3 pence brand

Higher values ​​with locks

Regional editions

In addition to the British editions regional editions were for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man issued that used the same portrait of the Queen, but differed in the design of the stamps.

Regional edition Guernsey

Postage stamp Machin series
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