Below are albums from the post war period They show a similar format and no repetition of stamps, with some variation of design format from year to year. The albums measure 93 x 145mm. The covers are matt with a thinner and medium thickness card.

From 1947-48 is this album which has no owner’s name. The condition is fair, but not only are the stamps only about half complete, but they have changed from the standard Faith Press stamps halfway through to another publisher’s stamps. I doubt that either series actually represents the 1947-48 stamp sets. This may be due to shortages immediately after the war. The cover art still resembles the pre-war albums, but this is about to change.

From 1948-49 is a hard covered album in red. Despite the robustness of construction this is starting to fall apart. It was the property of Margaret Ann Munge (I think) of Long Sutton. Only about 2/3 of the stamps are present; they are of the same format as the 1947 album above.

The 1950-51 albums have been found with the same blue design on the cover, but on a blue or buff card; and probably white card as well. The medium thickness blue cover one has no name of church written on the inside and only a few stamps are present. The thin buff card example belonged to Jacqueline Hartley of Kingsley in Cheshire. It is complete apart from two missing stamps, and is in reasonable condition. However the stamps are the Faith Press set from 1937-38; an extreme example of using up unused stock in the cupboard.

The 1951-52 album has no collector’s name, but they hailed from a Sunday school at St Michaels and All Saints Church at Tettenhall Regis in Wolverhampton. Only six stamps are missing, though many seem to be liable to peeling off the page. Unlike the other albums from the same era this example has a flexible rather than rigid card cover.

The 1952-53 album is in my collection with three covers, both red and blue but having colours opposite, with a third blue on buff; another variation not represented has a red design on buff card. The first red on blue 1952-53 and the first of the 53-54 albums belonged (I think) to a Geoffrey Pellow of St James Church, Beed???? Alas, there are only two stamps present in the first, but the second is complete bar four stamps. The blue on red covered 1952 album has 42 stamps. These seem to compare in design to the Faith Press albums of the years either side; more so than the one with just two stamps. This second album belonged to Christine Cole of 583 Stafford Road, attending Wolverhampton St Peters. In the spaces where stamps are misisng she herself has written ‘Shame’ or ‘Sick’. The Blue on buff album was collected by R, Hemsley of the Hatters Arms, Warton. It is in good condition, neat, but missing 10 stamps. It has the same stamps as the blue on red covered album, and these are therefore likely to be the correct ones for th year.
There is a second 1953-54 album in the collection, owned by Raymond Prior of Brightwell, Berkshire, who attended St Agathe’s Church. This is complete bar five stamps. However the two albums do differ. The first has the cover illustration on a blue card background and the second on buff coloured card. The stamps given out belong to two different sets. Neither set is represented by those in the albums of 1949, 1950, 1951 or 1952 yet appear to be stamps intended for these albums. Perhaps several sets of stamps were available to the schools to choose from, with no one set intended for a particular year. The third, blue on buff covered, album for 1953-54 has a thinner card cover. It belonged to a Rosalind Hawkins who attended St Nicholas, Kings Norton, Birmingham. It is in quite good condition, and only missing one stamp. These are of the bordered design type.
For the earlier 1949-50 album see ‘Others’ page.

                          
1952-53 - three cover variations
        

1953-54 (below)
      
      

From 1955-56 is this album with a deluxe thick card cover with embossed design and textured finish. It belonged to a Michael Daw who attended St Barnabas Church in Portishead, Somerset. Unfortunately it only contains 10 stamps, but probably because of this, and the stiff cover, it is in new perfect condition.

All the stamps in the above albums follow the same format and are 30 x 50 mm and perf 11. In colour and with a New Testament theme. All three year are in full colour with the 1950 stamps having a colored frame corresponding to the colours of the church colours, and the others without.

The cream coloured albums below have an embossed gold design, and date from 1958-59 and 1959-60. They belonged to John Long of The School House, Wateringbury, a village in mid-Kent. The 1958 album has 49 of the 54 stamps, with 5 of the “Reasonably let or hindered” non-attendance stamps. The second album has only 16 stamps. The gold on the 1958 album is quite scuffed due to its frequent use, but is in good condition on the other.

The cream coloured albums below have an embossed gold design, and date from 1958-59 and 1959-60. They belonged to John Long of The School House, Wateringbury, a village in mid-Kent. The 1958 album has 49 of the 54 stamps, with 5 of the “Reasonably let or hindered” non-attendance stamps. The second album has only 16 stamps. The gold on the 1958 album is quite scuffed due to its frequent use, but is in good condition on the other.      
1958-59                        1959-60
      

The stamps are still 30 x 50 mm and perf 11, but the designs have become more simple; outlines and colour fills, perhaps to appeal to younger children. Mixture of religious and family themes, but no direct reference to the Bible. Borders for both years coloured for the different periods in the Church Year. There are picture-less Reasonably Let Or Hindered stamps for non-attendence.