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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James-2489, post: 35168, member: 2317&quot;]Hello SATX, to give a rough idea of the state emblems on the stamp:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. St Edward&#039;s Crown (left) is used to crown British monarchs. Made of gold in 1661, it has four crosses pattée and fleurs-de-lis, with two arches on top. Surmounting the arches is a jewelled cross pattée. Its frame is embellished with 444 semi-precious stones, including amethysts, garnet, olivine, peridot, rubies, sapphires, topazes, tourmalines and zircon. The crown is 30 cm (12 in) tall, weighs 2.23 kg (4.9 lb) and has been noted to be extremely heavy. Queen Elizabeth II opted to use a stylised image of this crown in coats of arms, badges, logos and various other insignia throughout the Commonwealth realms to symbolise her royal authority. On 4 June 2013, it was displayed on the altar in Westminster Abbey to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen&#039;s coronation – the first time it had left the Tower of London since 1953.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The Imperial Crown of India (Right) was created in 1911 when George V visited the Delhi Durbar in his capacity as Emperor of India. An ancient law prohibits the removal of Crown Jewels from the UK; for this reason, a new crown had to be made specially, with emeralds, rubies, sapphires and 6,100 diamonds.</p><p>This crown has been altered and lightened several times to fit the monarchs for state occasions.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Either side of the stamp are the Soverigns Golden Sceptres.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. The flowers are: Englsh Rose, Scottish Thistle, Irish Shamrock and Welsh Daffodil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully I have not made any errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards, James.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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