Issue Preview - Centenary of the Accession to the Throne of King George V
Issue released: 26th March 2010
We're proud to reveal the design and formats of the forthcoming King George V stamps to be released on the 26th March 2010.
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 1910 through World War I (1914–1918) until his death in 1936. He was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
George became King-Emperor in 1910 on the death of his father, King Edward VII. During his reign, the Statute of Westminster separated the crown so that George ruled the dominions as separate kingdoms, preparing the way for the future development of the Commonwealth (Wikipedia)