1952 1½d & 2½d Wildings, Leytonstone CDS, Post Box Cachet

5^th December 1952 1½d & 2½d Wildings with a Leytonstone CDS. Queen Elizabeth II postbox illustrated cover and cachet address. £35 catalogue value.

These were the first Queen Elizabeth II stamps. The Wilding series of definitive stamps were based on a photo taken by Dorothy Wilding, featuring the Queen in a three-quarter pose wearing a diamond diadem. They were produced from 1952 until being replaced by the Machin in 1967.