Simon de Montfort, referred to as one of the founder of Modern parliamentary democracy, held the English Parliament on this day (20-Jan) in the year 1265... This, for the first time, brought-in the representatives from different cities into the parliament house, which led to the inclusion of Lords and Representatives in British Parliamentary democracy...
The 700th anniversary of Simon de Montfort's Parliament was commemorated with the release of a postage stamp in the year 1965...
The stamp features the Parliament building and image of Queen Elizabeth...
This stamp can be collected under the themes:
(a) Parliament Buildings...
(b) Architecture...
(c) Heads of State...
(d) Anniversaries...
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