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Stamps Showing Edward VIII, His Majesty The King, 1936. 'So, after only a few months of printing [new stamps with the head of King George V], the dyes were changed, and a new head appeared on the letters. And the spring and summer saw Edward VIII of England making his royal calls up and down the country. The figure of a monarch as yet uncrowned'. Halfpenny stamps with the head of the new king, who served less than a year before abdicating. From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 1); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.