Category - Touch
Subcategory - Embossed Gold Stamps
United Kingdom 2017 Machin Definitive Golden Anniversary Celebration Stamp Sheet
Issue date 05 June 2017
he Golden Anniversary Celebration Stamp Sheet features seven stamps:
5p – A range of low-value stamps, including 5p, was issued on ‘Decimalisation Day’, 15 February 1971.
20p – The double-head 20p stamp was issued as part of a range of values on 10 January 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Penny Black.
1st Class – On 19 October 1993, the first self-adhesive stamp issued by Royal Mail appeared in books of 20. The format was landscape.
1st Class – On 6 January 2000, a new setting of the Machin portrait on a white background was issued to mark the millennium.
1st Class – A change to the way postal charges were calculated, known as ‘Pricing in Proportion’, led to the release of new 1st and 2nd Class definitives on 1 August 2006.
1st Class – On 3 January 2013, the colour of the 1st Class Machin definitive was changed from gold to red with an iridescent overprint.
£1 – This £1 stamp, issued on 5 June 2017, is based on the high-value range of 1969 and is printed using gold foil.
Embossing can be seen on the back of the sheet
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Embossed Gold Stamps
Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures. The pictures have been scanned from my collection.
Subcategory - Embossed Gold Stamps
United Kingdom 2017 Machin Definitive Golden Anniversary Celebration Stamp Sheet
Issue date 05 June 2017
he Golden Anniversary Celebration Stamp Sheet features seven stamps:
5p – A range of low-value stamps, including 5p, was issued on ‘Decimalisation Day’, 15 February 1971.
20p – The double-head 20p stamp was issued as part of a range of values on 10 January 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Penny Black.
1st Class – On 19 October 1993, the first self-adhesive stamp issued by Royal Mail appeared in books of 20. The format was landscape.
1st Class – On 6 January 2000, a new setting of the Machin portrait on a white background was issued to mark the millennium.
1st Class – A change to the way postal charges were calculated, known as ‘Pricing in Proportion’, led to the release of new 1st and 2nd Class definitives on 1 August 2006.
1st Class – On 3 January 2013, the colour of the 1st Class Machin definitive was changed from gold to red with an iridescent overprint.
£1 – This £1 stamp, issued on 5 June 2017, is based on the high-value range of 1969 and is printed using gold foil.
Embossing can be seen on the back of the sheet
To view other stamps in this category click on the following link -
Embossed Gold Stamps
Disclaimer - Information about the stamp issues on this page has been taken from the net and are for informational purposes only. No copyright claim is made for the above mentioned information/pictures. The pictures have been scanned from my collection.
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