The birth a new royal heir has made the philatelic presses roll. Mint sets, souvenir sheets, imperfs, and First Day Covers are being issued, and by the time the child has his christening, these stamps will number in the thousands. The birth of the new Prince is just another in a long line of British Royal Commemoratives going back to the 1930s, issued by many of the Colonies and issued for one overriding purpose