The stamps were designed by Together Design (see photo credits below), 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 in row 1 are in one sheet of 25 (5x5), the stamps in row 2 are in a second sheet of 25.
Image credits: Fred Perry © Popperfoto/Getty Images, tennis court © Bob Thomas; Henry Purcell portrait licensed courtesy of Naxos Rights International Ltd, sheet music © TopFoto; Sir Matt Busby © Getty Images, football team © PA Photos; William Gladstone © TopFoto, Cannon Street station © Mary Evans Picture Library; Mary Wollstonecraft © National Portrait Gallery, London, with inside page from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle © Getty Images, Conan Doyle manuscript © Stephen Hird/Reuters/Corbis; Donald Campbell portrait and Bluebird © TopFoto; Judy Fryd portrait supplied courtesy of the Fryd family, Coventry School © Getty Images; Samuel Johnson © Getty Images, page from Johnson’s Dictionary © English School/Private Collection/The Bridgeman Art Library; Sir Martin Ryle portrait and satellites © The Cavendish Laboratory.
Products issued:
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
Special
Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of
issue are shown here. These postmarks cannot be obtained after
the date of
issue. Not to scale.
Ref FD927 |
Ref FD928 |
Ref FD928NP |
Ref M11502 |
Ref N11509 |
Ref L11498 150th Ann of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, Baker Street, London W1 |
Ref S11512 Eminent Britons, Edinburgh (showing Sherlock Holmes). |
Ref N11505 A Salute to the Great Manchester United Manager, Sir Matt Busby, Manchester |
Ref N11510 Sir Matt Busby, 1909-1994 |
Ref N11507 Eminent Britons, Manchester |
Ref N11508 Eminent Britons, Coniston, Cumbria (Campbell) |
Ref L11499 Eminent Britons, St Anne's Lane, Old Fye St, London SW1 (birthplane of Purcell) |
Ref L11497 Shakespeare Way, Feltham, Middx |
Ref N11506 - Coniston. |
Ref L11500 Eminent Britons, Westminster |
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This page updated 21 September 2009