A British Commonwealth set celebrating the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II, who became Queen on 6 February 1952, following the death of her father, HM King George VI.
Of note in this collection are the 12 omnibus-design stamps covering the Malayan States, the overprinted Great Britain stamps for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Tangier, and the Great Britain local issue from the island of Lundy.
See https://dicksstamps.online/collections/1953-queen-elizabeth-ii-coronation
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Posted 4 March 2018 by Dick Eassom