300th Anniversary of the General Letter Office Coin/Stamp Display Gift Set 1960
All of the coins are in Fine (or better) condition and the stamp is in unused Mint condition as issued.
This item is new/mint and is housed in a display protection case but can be removed for framing if so desired.
The year that was 1960...
• On 3 February, British prime minister Harold Macmillan makes the 'wind of change' speech in South Africa, in which he recognises the demands of African nationalism • On 21 March in the Sharpeville massacre, South African police fire on anti-apartheid protesters in a township south of Johannesburg, killing 69 and wounding 186 • On 1 May, an American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Gary Powers, is shot down over the Soviet Union. On 16 May, Nikita Khrushchev uses the incident as an excuse to break up a summit meeting in Paris with Macmillan, Eisenhower and De Gaulle • On 8 November, John F Kennedy is elected 35th president of the United States, against Richard Nixon • On 9 May, the oral contraceptive 'pill' for women is introduced in the United States After an obscenity trial, the ban on D H Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover is lifted in Britain • Films include Alfred Hitchcock's shocking Psycho and Federico Fellini's decadent La dolce vita (Life Is Sweet) •
Sporting 1960...
• Football League Champions were Burnley, leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers in the runners up spot • Wolves went one better in the FA Cup by defeating Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the final, Norman Deeley scoring twice • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Merryman II’ • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘St. Paddy’ • Golf's British Open was won by Kel Nagle • Oxford won the Boat Race by one ¼ lengths over Cambridge • F1 Champion was Jack Brabham driving for Cooper • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Neale Fraser of Australia (mens) and Maria Bueno of Brazil (ladies) • American Sport – The first Super Bowl did not take place until 1967 - NBA Championship: Boston Celtics 4-3 St. Louis Hawks – Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh 4-3 New York Yankees (MVP Bobby Richardson) •