My BRITISH STAMPS
1957

SG 557 to SG 559
World Scout Jubilee Jamboree

1st Aug 1957: : SG 557 (2½d) Designed by Mary Adshead, SG558 (4d) designed by P. Keely and SG559 (1s.3d) designed by W.H. Brown.

There was also a first day cover.

SG 557
2½d
Carmine red
Badge and 'Rolling Hitch'.

SG 558
4d
Ultramarine
Scouts coming to Britain.

SG 559
1s3d
Green
Globe with a compass.

SG 560
46th Inter Parliamentary Union Conference

Issued: 12th Sep 1957.

SG 560
4d
ultramarine
Queen elizabeth II.

SG 561 to SG 566
Wilding Definitives

Issued 19th Nov 1957: GRAPHITE-LINED ISSUES. These issues were used in conjunction with automatic sorting machines first introduced experimentally in Southampton. The graphite lines were printed in black on the reverse of the stamps beneath the gum and there were two lines per stamp except for the 2d (SG564). Phosphor bands were introduced in November 1959.