And G. And E. Group

New Stamps For Tokioa

SPECIAL stamps are to be issued next Octo ber to commemorate the 20th anniver sary of the accession of Queen Salote, of Tonga, says the “Australian Stamp Journal”.

They will depict a full length reproduction of Her Majesty in her Coronation robes. The stamps will be on sale in Tonga from Octo ber 12, 1938, till October 11, 1939. There wiU be three values, viz., Id., black and red; 2d., black and purple; 2V 2 d., black and blue, on the usual paper watermarked turtles.

A new pictorial issue, printed from line engraved plates in sheets of 60 and incor porating subjects of local interest, is on order

for the Gilbert and Ellice Group. The values and designs are: V 2 d., black and green (frigate bird); Id., green and purple (pan danus tree); IVfed., black and red (canoe cross ing reef); 2d., brown and grey (canoe and house); 2V 2 d., black and olive (native hut): 3d., black and blue (seascape); 5d., blue and brown (Ellice canoe); 6d., olive and violet (coconut palm); 1/-, black and light blue (Cantilever Jetty, Ocean Is); 2/-, blue and red (H.M.C.S. “Nimanoa”), 2/6, blue and green (Gilberts canoe); 5/-, red and blue (Coat of Arms). In all cases the designs in clude a profile efflgy of His Majesty King George VI., the duty in figures (and words for the V 2 d., 2d., and 2V 2 d duties), as well as the title of the colony.

It is understood that a resident of the Group was responsible for the designs.