Canadian collector receives holiday thanks from QEII

This January, Toronto collector Derwin Mak received a much-anticipated royal reply to one of his holiday letters.

Mak, a member of the North Toronto Stamp Club, wrote the Queen to wish her a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. In return, he received a letter – dated Jan. 15 – from Lady-in-Waiting Jennifer Gordon-Lennox.

“The Queen wishes me to thank you for the message you sent for Christmas and New Year,” wrote Gordon-Lennox, one of several ladies-in-waiting assisting Queen Elizabeth II, who receives thousands of letters a year (upwards of 300 a day) from the public. “Her Majesty greatly appreciates your kind thought for her in this difficult year and hopes you too have a happy and peaceful 2021.”

The cover containing the letter includes a red Buckingham Palace meter mark dated Jan. 18, with the Queen’s royal cypher to the left. This meter mark has been used since 2019, when the royal family redesigned all of its postmarks after updating its “Printed Postage Impressions” – PPI – number from W7047 to W4047.

A blue “AIR MAIL” handstamp is also included at the top-left corner.

Leave a Reply

Canadian Stamp News

Canada

Canadian Stamp News is Canada's premier source of information about stamp collecting and related fields.

Although we cover the entire world of philatelics, the majority of our readers are Canadian, and we concentrate on the unique circumstances surrounding collecting in our native land.

Send Us Your Event

Running an event? Send it to us and we will display it on Canadian Stamp News!

Submit Event →

Subscribe To 26 Issues For Just $59.99/year

Subscribe today to receive Canada's premier stamp publication. Canadian Stamp News is available in both paper and digital forms.

Subscribe Now