King George VI Period
(Post 38)
From 1855 to 1973, the Post Office permitted businesses and individuals to submit stationery, including printed sheets, for impressing with an imprinted stamp. This article shows examples of stamped to order items produced during the George VI period.
1. Embossed Stamps
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1/2d.
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Wilts. United Dairies Ltd., Finchley, London, Stationery
East Finchley, August 11, 1939
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London to Norwich, November 1939
1/2d. printed papers rate
W & G Foyle Ltd. stationery
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Norwich receiver November 17, 1939
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The Carborundrum Company, Ltd., Manchester
September 16, 1941
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Glyn Mills & Co. stationery and G M perfin on the 1/2 d. stamp
London to Alnwick, January 11, 1941
1d.
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Metropolitan Water Board, London
February 26, 1941
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North Thames Gas Board, London
February 16, 1951
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Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, London
January 26, 1951
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Thomas De La Rue & Co. Limited, London
August 19, 1942
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The Educational Supply Assoc., London
1 1/2d.
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South Eastern Gas Board stationery, Guildford
February 23, 1953
2d.
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The Tea Planters And Importers Company, London
December 7, 1957
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North Thames Gas Board, Hounsley
May 1, 1953
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Colgate-Palmolive Limited, September 3, 1959
2 1/2d.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoFZQB0gnd9j485pT12Yhb3dHOs1EcDy_iFTvhB99olllru4OQpmkCyW6_L4w7JfDdNbStsIOXGoETZPzXXr2zxzkMaOvAa-EUFxJSY44Bh5ZInog-Fv-scFpzd5haFwAs3DafpSUp9fN/s640/GB+Canada+War+8.jpg)
London to Montreal, December 12, 1941
B.B. Vos & Son Ltd., 2 1/2d. stationery
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Buck & Hickman, Ltd., Manchester
October 25, 1940
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Buck & Hickman, Ltd., London
March 22, 1942
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The Mining Engineering Co. Ltd., Worcester
March 13, 1951
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Glyn, Mills & Co., London
March 21, 1941
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House of Lords, London
January 23, 1948
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3d.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicjff7n8gFfRWeVI0Sw70ZXzVtRvsf_erJK7TrkqZQMfOHtPQ9Xb6eboPVwtZ2N-b8k4fey75bwDn1-KurDLcT4ns_Ae8XroBLWtrQDg-qLmT7pQpjdkJNsycR6nstaKT7zLjLKc35Qxt/s640/GB+USA+Post+war+31.jpg)
Country Life
London to Columbus, 1952
Reduced printed papers rate
3d. paying the 10 ounce rate
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv36ExXcuoiNX0wJCmfQFc292bqRXCck-0SNPSoXVoFPCVPleGduon5bwI4W0ysMTnjC9CvBBYCGAgcmceFrnKIpLS4oKjfag9G1shTfJBbtkthyphenhyphenBFyc-SwQ7-eAJCrB85K1wV463RGu3S/s400/GB+USA+Post+war+30.jpg)
Letterpress Stationery
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LVdfLFF0_xn2w7MtO8zo8jCocFWG5Rf6tEte-aTDJzpIm8_hnMZEmyM78N3oHpBygaMNpkiIs45SLUFJzeUkVViYFKubSO4HrHzVlNe55Qkfo8KKSuMh2A6rpeJewchUrq8dgB5szX8/s400/GB+STO+19.jpg)
1d.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0Yn7bXxzo4NKu4iuNq-FO0445OX9AvkDWP1W4MmNNu9G9hwilgU2iGI2uGsnZ8pDWQbM1-qU_koejyxVks8rTUgkittgjukYK_Aon_mSlrPsUkakwCFbeDmerlTspFNQe_xtTHnBHTk/s640/GB+Post+War+Foreign+26.jpg)
London to Nairobi, Kenya, June 1947
1d. paying the 4 ounce printed papers rate
Redirected from Nairobi to Konza Station
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Q0p5tZcHu-qF_sLkDwjeJHmKOgV3z5xB1WtFxpvBEi0LZknaeymEn3_ITSTg0b82tSNr2hLxjmFBkTwudToV28IF0ibXHwSwDSaPkqGNZxXWO2RX0S5bIYys-RBy0bOqZfkZ8ydRyIU/s320/GB+Post+War+Foreign+27.jpg)
Nairobi, June 26, 1947
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National Blood Transfusion Service mailing, Oxford, August 12, 1951
Attached reply card was detached
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