Great Britain Poster Stamp - Lord Roberts Fund # 51 - Queen of Italy

Description

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Great Britain
Patriotic Propaganda / Fundraising Stamps
Field Marshal
Lord Roberts
, who had won the Victoria Cross in 1857, had long campaigned for more to be done for ex-servicemen, especially those who had been disabled. He took a keen interest in the Workshops and became one of the Trustees. Following his death in 1914 while visiting troops in France it was decided, as a memorial to him, to expand the workshops and to name them after him. In 1915 a scheme was organized as a fundraiser for the Workshops. A series of 144 poster stamps, 12 sheets of 12, would be issued, depicting various War leaders and persons of notable achievement. The stamps were issued from February 1916 over a period of a few months, and sold for 1 shilling per sheet of 12. The plan was so successful, that albums were produced and plans for a second series, to be issued in 1917, were made. When the second series was being produced, interest in them declined sharply, and only 8 of the 12 planned sheets were issued. The stamps from Series II are far scarcer than those from Series I.
This is a single stamp from the first series, Sheet Five, # 51, depicting the Queen of Italy.
According to the biographical notes that originally accompanied each stamp, as recorded by David Stirling, in
"The Alnis Guide to the Lord Roberts Memorial Fund Stamps, Their Albums and Associated Ephemera"
:
Queen of Italy:- Elena, the daughter of the King of Montenegro, married Victor Emmanuel III in 1896. She was an energetic war relief fund worker.
This example is F/VF, OG, NH.
Approximate Image Size: 44 x 62 mm.
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