January 1st is a Public Holiday in the UK so there'd be no-one to issue the paper-work, especially as may offices are closed from Christmas until then.
IIRC the suffix letter did come in on 1st January but it was changed, presumably for the reason I stated, to August. That year, 1967, the suffix letter, E, lasted only 8 months.
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Subject: Re: upgrading the front compartments 
Thu May 06, 2010 11:39 am
