Description
Christmas 2010 1st Large Cylinder Block 1-1
Printed in photogravure by De La Rue on Non-fluorescent Coated Paper (NFCP). The gum was also self-adhesive.
Issued 2nd November 2010.
The 1st Class stamp depicted “Gromit posting Christmas Cards”.
There are also two phosphor band and with blue fluorescence.
Cylinder block of eight. Cylinder numbers D1 D1 D1 D1 Phosphor D1. Position Row 1, Column 1.
Gibbon’s GB QEII Specialised Catalogue Volume 5 (3rd edition) number W2368 (single stamp).
Gibbon’s Concise catalogue (2015) number 3132 (single stamp).
Unmounted mint and in pristine condition.
Christmas 2010 1st Large Cylinder Block 1-1
The Christmas theme this year was the award winning characters Wallace and Gromit. These were created by Nick Park working with Aardman Animations. For those wishing to use stamps with a religious theme, the “Madonna and Child” issue of 2007 was again made available. These were also from existing stock and new printings where required. These stamps were designed by Andrew Ross (also responsible for the 2007 “Sea Life” and 2008 “Insects” issues).
Finally all denominations of this issue were printed in sheets of 50 stamps (two panes of 25 divided with a horizontal gutter margin). The surplus backing paper was also removed before issue.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, stamps will be well packaged and sent by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. Postage We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging.
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. If one of these options is taken, compensation for loss or damage can be claimed.
We mention Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers where it is possible. These numbers are either from the “Concise Stamp Catalogue” or from the “Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 4 Part 1”. We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, Smilers sheets, booklets, miniature sheets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.
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