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583: 402:, was also a driving force behind the preparations for the coronation and many of the decisions in respect to the order of service were made by or with him. Owing to his office, he was a member of both the Coronation Committee and the executive committee which dealt with the details, and he attended all of the rehearsals. He took a leading role in the planning process, becoming a key mediator when queries arose, and he dealt with questions over how the service should be broadcast by the media. 610:, visited the plant and was invited to sign and date one of the finished sheets. In the name of the Commonwealth Bank, printer John Ash offered the sheet to the Governor in October, but had to claim it back on 16 December. The sheet was given back the next day, but the six-stamp corner block bearing the signature was missing. The Governor had already sent it to someone in England and could not retrieve it. The stamps still exist and sold for US$ 123,000 at auction in 2015. 77: 36: 179: 378:) sat in his place on the committees. Edward had initially been reluctant to have a coronation at all (asking the Archbishop of Canterbury whether it could be dispensed with), but conceded that a shorter service would be acceptable. His desire for a lower-key event led to abandonment of plans for a royal procession through 448: 534:
manufacturers to enable calibration of their machines. They were never returned to the Royal Mint; six are held in private hands and are worth thousands of pounds. The other six are still missing. An example was put up for at auction in 2013, at an asking price of £30,000.
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The two-penny red stamp project of Australia used a photograph of the king in uniform. The sole ornaments were the denomination in an oval in the bottom right corner and the red "POSTAGE" bar at the bottom. Printing of this stamp began in September 1936 at the
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died and his eldest son, Edward, succeeded him as king. Edward VIII was unmarried, but the American socialite Wallis Simpson had accompanied him on numerous social occasions in years leading up to 1936. She was married to shipping executive
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There are stories of schools retrieving commemorative mugs and plates from pupils and replacing them with ones designed for the new king and queen, while many vendors put the redundant items up for sale anyway.
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In Canada, the official destruction of Edward VIII stamp dies and proofs took place on 25 and 27 January 1937; some essays were kept in the archives and the two plaster casts were saved by coin engraver
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Despite the destruction of the stock and all material needed for the printing, a signed corner block of six of the two-penny stamps is in the hand of a British collector. On 29 September 1936,
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was done for a "Coronation issue" intended for 12 May 1937 and a final "Definitive issue". Essays for the former were made with the king wearing different military uniforms, such as the
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were preparing two issues after the series of four definitive stamps that was considered to be an "Accession issue". Therefore, work at the Post Office and
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was already being made for introduction early in January 1937, and the entire stock was melted down. The same was done for other coins in
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Due to the brevity of his reign, both proof and circulation strikes of Edward VIII's coinage are extremely rare, and highly desired by
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While silver coinage was not supposed to be issued until just before the coronation was to take place, the new brass
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and had previously been divorced. Her relationship with the new king had not yet been reported in the British press.
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with responsibility for coronations, chaired the executive committee. While Edward VIII was away, cruising on the
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that led to his abdication from the throne on 11 December 1936. While plans for the coronation went ahead for a
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The king's desire to marry a woman thought by many to be unsuitable was the public reason for the
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on 12 May 1937. Preparations had already begun and souvenirs were on sale when Edward VIII
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The Coronation Committee had been delayed when it met for the first time on 24 June 1936;
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I've danced with a man, who's danced with a girl, who's danced with the Prince of Wales
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Unissued Edward VIII Stamps of Australia (from display to the Society on 11 June 2009
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Unissued Australia King Edward VIII sells for $ 123,600 at Phoenix Auctions sale
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Prior to the introduction of coinage for the reign, twelve coins were sent to
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Memorabilia – Edward Viii – Carter's Price Guide to Antiques and Collectables
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in January 1937 were melted down following the abdication. Edward's brother
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Trial shilling coin featuring King Edward VIII, designed by Humphrey Paget
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King Edward VIII never had a coronation but you can still buy souvenirs
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Although the executive committee was chaired by the Earl Marshal, the
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As early as the beginning of the reign in January 1936, the British
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in conversation with Kenneth Harris
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Beaken, Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis, 2012, pp. 132–133
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Paul J. Henry, « The Edward VIII Postage Stamp Essay »,
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with Wallis Simpson, his brother Albert, Duke of York (the future
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has a collection of pattern designs for Edward's coinage.
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Coronation of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs
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A Sovereign becomes the most expensive British coin EVER!
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due to substantial opposition to his intention to marry
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