New Postage Stamps -- The new embossed 2?-penny ordinary stamp and the embossed 8?-penny stamp for smaller sized registered letters, which came on sale in Britain today, November 29. The design is based on a sculptured profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II within the framework of the petals of a Tudor Rose - by The sculptor Cecil Thomas, who has made several portraits of the Queen for coins, medals and stamps for the new reign. November 29, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).