Sta,—Janus has raised a timely issue over the, lamentable paucity
of imagination in our stamp design. Except for the colours used, which are
nearly always good, we limp heavily in the footsteps of most foreign! countries, and certainly of our own Commonwealth. There seems to be a rooted belief that only the decapitated head of our reigning monarch; is appropriate—despite the fact that a detached profile has always al " posthumous " air about it—and that the issue of another design wouldl indicate lase maieste!
The authorities may even argue that as any design is immediately' defaced by the post-mark, it is not worth. the expense of trying anything new! But much could be done, as Janus says, with historici buildings, and I would in turn suggest that a vertical stamp showing the Clock Tower of Big Ben would be significant and make a universal appeal) Surely, too, such motifs as the Nelson Column, the Lord Mayor's Coach; St. Paul's, or even a bird's-eye view of Piccadilly Circus, would do muchl to epitomise the calm spirit of England in these days of stress and change: —Yours, &C., ADRIAN HILL. Old Laundry Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex.
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