Row 1: Coventry Cathedral (Basil Spence), Frederick
Delius, Mary 'May' Morris textile design, Odette Hallows, Thomas Newcomen
engine.
Row 2: Kathleen Ferrier, Interior of the House of Lords (Augustus Pugin),
M R James, Bletchley Park Bombe (Alan Turing)*, Joan Mary Fry.
* The image appears to
show the caption as WWI but this is a jpeg compression problem; the
image provided correctly shows WWII.
The stamps were designed by 'Purpose' and are printed by Cartor Security
Printing in lithography. The 35mm square stamps are perf 14.5 in
sheets of 25/50 with a phosphor background screen.
The stamps will be issued in two sheets of 25/50 with five se-tenant
designs per sheet, enabling customers to buy a vertical strip of five of
any individual.
Products issued, available from Royal Mail:
Set of 10 stamps (2 strips of 5) --
Strip of 5 from sheet 1 or sheet 2, or vertical strip of 5 of any single
stamp
First day cover --
Presentation pack -- Stamp
cards (set of 10)
Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown here. These postmarks cannot be obtained after the date of issue. The images shown here may not be to scale.
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