THE GREATER LONDON FUND FOR THE BLIND FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 'STAMPS'
"The Festival of Britain is a celebration encompassing all the British Isles. Cities, towns and villages throughout the nation are participating. In London, along the South Bank of the Thames between Westminster and Waterloo Bridge, lies the Exhibition Ground.
This Exhibition tells of the British people at work and play - in industry and on the farm; at home and on the seas; in sport and in the boundless fields of discovery in which British Scientists are helping to build the world of to-morrow.
Up-stream in Battersea Park are the Festival Pleasure Gardens. Here amidst magnificent trees and gardens, the visitor may enjoy the pleasures of the Fun-fair with fountains, fireworks and illuminations.
At South Kensington is a fascinating exhibition of the latest developments in Science. In the East-end of London, a new kind of Architectural Exhibition exemplifies the latest building styles and techniques, in a complete urban residential neighbourhood of actual buildings.
Throughout May and June, a special season of the Arts, offering the finest British plays, concerts, ballet, painting and sculpture will be staged in the Capital along with an Exhibition of English Literature and a repertory season of films.
Edinburgh, Stratford-upon-Avon and Canterbury, famous for their annual festivals of music, art and drama, are also included in the national programme. An Exhibition of Industrial Power, demonstrating heavy engineering from the earliest steam engine to the harnessing of atomic energy, is being held in Glasgow whilst across the water in Belfast is an Exhibition of Industry and Agriculture.
This souvenir folder depicts in Poster Stamps the main features of the Festival of Britain."
The following descriptions are for the three vertical rows of 'stamps', ten in total.
1a. THE "SKYLON" A single dominating vertical feature. An enormous pointer to the Exhibition, 300 feet in height supported on wires.
1b. THE 1951 EXHIBITION, SOUTH BANK, LONDON. The imposing new skyline to London's River Thames. The focal point of the nation wide Festival.
1c. MINIATURE RAILWAY in the Festival Pleasure Gardens at Battersea, designed by Rowland Emett, the famous British cartoonist.
2a. ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL. A cultural centre to hold an audience of 3,500 people and surrounded by Picture and Exhibition Galleries and a Restaurant.
2b. FESTIVAL SHIP "CAMPANIA". Formerly an Aircraft Carrier with a distinguished war-time career. A floating version of the South Bank Exhibition.
2c. DOME OF DISCOVERY. The largest unsupported Dome in the world - 365 feet in diameter - exhibiting the discoeries of most of our celebrated Scientists.
2d. A "FLYING SAUCER" will be a feature of the Land Travelling Exhibition, visiting many centres throughout the country.
3a. THE SHOT TOWER. An old London landmark to be used a light-house, mounting a radio telescope, which will project messages to the Moon.
3b. THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851 known as the "Crystal Palace". The centenary of this Exhibition is being marked by the Festival of Britain.
3c. THE SYMBOL OF THE 1951 FESTIVAL. The design shows the head of Britannia surmounting the star of the compass.