Notes on Practical Motorist Covers on
magazines sent from the U.K. to the Southern Hemisphere.
1.
PM Covers continue unchanged to
July 1962; priced at 2/-.
2.
August 1962 change of cover;
still priced at 2/-. Square stickers
give price for Australia and New Zealand.
3.
January 1963 the 2/- is in a
round, printed circle.
4.
February 1964 goes back to the
square sticker, price is still 2/-.
5.
March 1964 returns to round,
printed price 2/-.
6.
November 1964 uses round,
printed price, but with change to 2/6 in Australia, remains 2/- in New Zealand.
7.
August 1965 the tag gets a
yellow background.
8.
October 1965 Australia changes
to decimal currency for pricing.
9.
May 1966 new cover design, decimal
currency for Australia (25c), NZ remains at 2/-.
10.
July 1966 prices printed as
before.
11.
August 1966 prices printed in
top right. Australia, NZ, West Africa, South Africa, E Africa and Rhodesia
covered.
12.
November 1966 different order
of countries and pricing.
13.
April 1967 NZ is changed to
decimal currency.
14.
April 1968 new cover design.
Price rises.
One comment I would make is that the tags
for Australia and NZ etc. in later magazines are overprinted on the cover in
various places. Previously they were in
a small circle or square at the top right. Now they migrate to different
places. It seems to me the graphic
designers of the covers have not allowed for the overprinting as various blurbs
get put into the top right or in bands across the cover.