British Empire Exhibition, Wembley Park, London, held 23 April–1 November 1924 & 9 May–31 October 1925.
“to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters, to bring into closer contact the one with each other, to enable all who owe allegiance to the British flag to meet on common ground and learn to know each other“
First commemorative stamps issued by Great Britain, designed by Harold Nelson, engraved by JAC Harrison, and recess printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. The 1924 Exhibition was so successful, it was reopened in 1925, commemorated with a second printing dated 1925.
