New Zealand 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Full Set, Unhinged Mint, little or no tone, excellent condition

Note: Will be as above and similar to scan

2d Buckingham Palace 3d Queen Elizabeth II 4d State Coach 8d Westminster Abbey 1/6 Crown and Sceptre

* Please read product and condition description. * I am happy to combine postage for multiple lots won. * Prompt payment (within 3 days) is much appreciated. ~ Click on beatnix2 for more great philatelic auctions ~ The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth ascended the thrones of these countries upon the death of her father, the late King George VI on 6 Feb 1952, and was proclaimed queen by her various privy and executive councils shortly afterward. The coronation, however, was held more than a year after the accession, on 2 June 1953; this followed the long-standing tradition that a joyous festival such as a coronation was inappropriate during the period of mourning that followed the death of the preceding sovereign. In the coronation ceremony itself, Elizabeth swore an oath to uphold the laws of her nations and, specifically for England, to govern the Church of England. The Coronation ceremony followed a similar pattern to the coronations of the kings and queens before her, being held in Westminster Abbey, and involving the peerage and clergy. The coronation of the Queen was the world's first major international event to be broadcast on television. News that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had reached the summit of Mount Everest arrived in Britain on Elizabeth's coronation day; the New Zealand, American, and British media dubbed it "a coronation gift for the new Queen".