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 Headlines - Korean War continues.... Treaty of Paris establishes European Coal and Steel Community....  

Royal Events

3 May - George VI opens Festival of Britain from steps of St.Pauls. The Festival is held 100 years after the Great Exhibition and is a demonstration of national recovery.

15 August - Princess Anne born.

September - confirmation that George is suffering from a malignant growth.

23 September - George has an operation to remove his left lung.

October election - Winston Churchill is returned as Prime Minister at the age of 76.

7 October - Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh leave for Canadian and US tour for 35 days. Canada issues Royal Visit stamp, 26 October.

Philatelic Events

Definitives : Commemoratives : Booklets : Coils : Airmail : Postage Dues : Postmarks

3 May - many postal events - low value definitives; high value stamps; commemoratives for the Festival; stamp booklet; air letter; pre-paid envelope, letter card; postcard....

1 June - Change of postage rates for printed papers

1 July - Change of postage rates for parcels

Definitives -

3 May - Definitive issue of ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d 'colour change'

3 May - Hi-value issue of 2s6d, 5s, 10s, £1 'Festival'. Note - these stamps were issued as high value definitives, they became known as the 'Festival' high values simply because they were issued on the same date as the opening of the Festival of Britain.

Commemoratives -

3 May - 'Festival of Britain' set

Booklets -

3 May - 1/-(series 6D); 1/-(series 6E) booklets issued

May - 2/6 (series 7); 5/- (series 8) booklets issued

Coils -

May - first ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d and 2½d colour change coils issued

May - first ½d, 1d, 2d and 2½d coils with sideways watermark issued

14 September - first 1½d pale green with sideways watermark in coils issued

Airmail -

16 January - British European Airways issued 3 stamps for their Air Letter Services, (a rubber stamp used previously). 6d for letters up to 2oz, 11d up to 4oz, and 1/4 up to 1lb.

6d shown on first day of use, (flown on to Glasgow). 11d stamp was blue and black; 1/4 stamp was orange and black.

12 March - start of British European Airways night airmail service between Manchester and Belfast and Dublin - special cachet applied to covers.    

Right, loading mail for the Manchester -Dublin-Belfast Airmail service, 1951, (picture from the British Philatelic Bulletin, April, 1988.

 

4 main variations for covers - 1. Manchester -Belfast, backstamped Belfast 13 Mar; 2. Belfast-Manchester with 'Airways Terminus Manchester' cachet for 13 Mar; 3. Manchester-Dublin with Dublin backstamp; 4. Dublin-Manchester with 'Airways Terminus Manchester' cachet for 13 Mar.


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30 March - Forces Air Letters to POWs in Korea accepted without charge. Had to be marked "Prisoner of War Service".

3 May - air letters with Festival symbol on sale at 6d.

3 May - new pre-stamped 2½d carmine envelope - and new pre-stamped 2½d carmine letter card - and new 2d buff postcard

17 October - start of twice weekly Calcutta to London service by Air India International. Saturday service : Calcutta - Bombay - Cairo - London. Tuesday service : Calcutta - Bombay - Cairo - Geneva - London.

3 November - BOAC London to Nairobi service includes Malta.<