+ Issue Date     : 02/06/1953
+ Classification : Postage Stamp
+ Emission       : Commemorative
+ Omnibus        : Omnibus Design
+ Designer       : De La Rue & Co, Limited
+ Printer        : De La Rue & Co, Limited
+ Printing       : Engraved
+ Watermark      : Multiple Script CA
+ Perforations   : 13½ x 13
+ Gum Type       : Gum
+ Shape          : Rectangular
+ Orientation    : Vertical

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953. Elizabeth ascended the thrones of these countries at age 25, upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was proclaimed queen by her various privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was delayed for more than a year because of the tradition that such a festival was inappropriate during the period of mourning that followed the death of the preceding sovereign.