Issued to commemorate the visit of the King and Queen to Newfoundland on June 17, 1939.

5c King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth.

Stocks of this stamp were subsequently overprinted with new values due to temporary shortages of other stamp values.

On the right image the 'S' of "CENTS" in the red overprint appears to be an 'L' (the so called "centl" variety).