Description: This definitive stamp showcases the classic photographic portrait of a young Queen Elizabeth II facing slightly left, captured by Dorothy Wilding and framed within a clean, vertically oriented laurel leaf oval wreath. The top left corner prominently features the royal initial E while the top right corner balances it with the initial R, standing together for Elizabeth Regina. A delicate cluster of roses accents the lower left corner directly above the text inscription that reads POSTAGE REVENUE. The lower right corner houses the pre-decimal fraction denomination of 4½d enclosed within a bold circular frame. The entire composition is printed in a distinct chestnut or red-brown ink, and this used copy carries a partial circular hand-struck postal cancellation cleanly cutting through the left side of the wreath and across the Queen's eye.
Circa: 1950s-1970s
Condition: Used
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