GREAT BRITAIN 1953 CORONATION PRE-RELEASE COVER, BALMORAL CASTLE
2½d and 4d Coronation stamps on type 1b BPA/PTS unaddressed cover with BALMORAL – CASTLE circular cancels dated 2 JU 53, a day before the official release. Very scarce. Generally fresh and fine. SG532-533; SC313-314
Note: type 1a BPA/PTS cover has a sepia portrait with halo around the frame, type 1b has no halo, type 2a issued in New Zealand and available throughout Oceania features a washed out portrait and paler frame, type 2b is on a larger envelope. Colour embellished versions of type 1b and type 2a exist for selected countries
