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Royal Mail's 'grand tour'
around the UK comes to an end with Celebrating
Wales,
the fourth and final miniature sheet in the series, The Four Countries
of the UK. The sheet contains four stamps: three
have been specially created for the issue, including two long-format
stamps featuring St David and the National Assembly for Wales
building, floodlit, on Cardiff Bay.
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Technical
details:
Designed by Silk Pearce, the sheet is printed by De La Rue
Security Print in lithography. Dimensions: 123mm x 70mm. The
original 1st class Wales definitive was designed by Tutssels Enterprise
IG and the dragon was forged in
Welsh steel by brothers Toby and Gideon Petersen.
81p St
David
designed by Claire Melinsky; 1st class Welsh
National Flag by
Peter Crowther Associates Ltd. 81p National
Assembly
for
Wales, photograph ©
The Photolibrary Wales/Alamy. Background photograph: Harlech
Castle, Snowdonia
© David Noton Photography/Alamy
All stamp and postmark images are copyright 2009, Royal Mail.
We will produce a limited number of Norvic First Day Covers for this issue price - £6.95 each which will be offered first to customers who have purchased the previous covers in the series.
Products
issued
Miniature sheet
Sheet on PO fdc
Set of 5 Stamp Cards
Presentation Pack
Special
Postmarks available on the day of this issue will be shown here; others
will be added as they are announced.
These
images may not be to scale.
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| Ref FD907 - Official Bureau postmark, All Wales is a Sea of Song . | Ref FD908 Tyddewi/St Davids 'Cymru am Byth!/Wales For ever!' |
Ref FD980NP Tyddewi/St Davids non-pictorial official Postmark |
Ref W5097 Cardiff permanent postmark |
Ref W6038 Cardiff operational cds postmark |
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| Ref W11277 Celebrating Wales - Cardiff |
Ref W11278 Celebrating Wales, St David's, Dyfed |
Ref W11280 Saint
David's Day St Davids Pembrokeshire (St David's Day is 1 March!) |
Ref W11282 Celebrating Wales Cardiff/Caerdydd |
Ref L11272 - Spring Stampex, Dathlu Cymru Celebrating Wales |
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| Ref M11276 St Davids Drive, Birmingham |
Ref W11279 Great Little Trains of Wales, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd |
Ref W11300 The Great Little Trains of Wales, Tywyn, Gwynedd |
Ref W11301 Celebrating Wales Cardiff |
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questions about these stamps or wish to purchase any, please email
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This page updated 17 March 2009