The Cameo Issue of 1962-1967 Part Three
Today's post will deal with the remaining aspects of this issue that were not covered in my first two detailed posts. Postal Stationery The postal stationery products available for this issue are reasonably extensive for an issue that saw less than 5 years use, and includes: Pre-stamped envelopes. Special order envelopes. Post bands. Air Letters Post Cards I will briefly discuss each of these in more detail. Pre-Stamped Envelopes During the life of this issue, both #8 and #10 sized envelopes were available that came pre-stamped with either a 3c purple, 4c red or 5c blue image of the basic stamp design. However, there were differences both in the appearance of the Queen's hair, as well as the size of the stamp design. The very first printings of these from 1963 to 1966 had the hair showing as a series of dots. There appears at the present time, to be only one size of stamp design for the 3c and 5c values, but the 4c value is found with both 24mm x 21...