Norvic
Philatelics - GB New
Stamps and Special Postmarks
Christmas - 3 November 2009
As usual Royal Mail will issue
a set of Christmas stamps, a miniature sheet and a Smilers
Sheet. This year's designs show stained glass windows, a
theme previously used in 1971 & 1992.
Tthe two 2007
Madonna stamps
will also be reissued this year to provide an alternative,
though that hardly seems necessary given the religious nature of the
main set!
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Details of designs:
2nd class: Angel
by William Morris, Church of St James, Staveley, Kendal
1st class: Madonna and
Child
by Henry Holiday, Ormesby St Michael, Ormesby, Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk
56p: Joseph
by Henry Holiday, Parish Church of St Michael, Minehead,
Somerset
90p: Wise Man
by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, St Mary the Virgin, Rye, East
Sussex
£1.35: Shepherd
by Henry Holiday, St Mary's Upavon, Wiltshire
Bethlehem alternative
official FD postmark.
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Miniature Sheet on
Royal Mail First Day Cover with Bureau FD postmark.
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Madonna
- 2007 stamps reissued
The two Madonna & Child stamps feature two classic paintings
of
the image, printed by De La Rue on self-adhesive paper in sheets
of 50.
2nd class - William Dyce,
c. 1827.
1st Class - The Madonna of Humility, Lippo di Dalmasio, c.
1390-1400.
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Technical
details:
The stamps were designed by Andrew Ross and printed in gravure by De La
Rue Security Print in sheets of 50. The individual stamps are
self-adhesive, the miniature sheet is conventionally gummed.
Booklets of 12 x 1st class and 12 x 2nd class 'stained glass'
stamps will also be sold, as well as a reissue of the 2006 standard and
bilingual Welsh/English airletter.
Smilers Sheet
The Smilers® Sheet contains 20 stamps: 8 x 1st
class, 8 x 2nd
class and 2 each of the two airmail rate stamps, 56p & 90p.
This extension to the Smilers range may be welcomed by
people who want to Personalise stamps for overseas mail but this
arrangement means that there are only two
sets per sheet, rather than 4 in previous years. Collectors
of Smilers singles are advised to place their orders early to avoid
disappointment!
The
Smilers
sheets are
printed in litho by Cartor Security Printers and includes extracts of
the Christmas Story from the Gospel According to Luke.
Products issued: These will be added to our online shop as
soon as
possible.
Post Office FDC with a
Post Office FDC with the miniature sheet
Set of 7 stamps & miniature sheet
Pair of 2007 Madonna & Child stamps
Presentation Pack
Set of 8 mint stamp cards (PHQ cards)
Smilers Sheet:
Mint Smilers Sheet
Special
postmarks available on the Day of Issue will be shown below:
these postmarks cannot be obtained from the PO after 3 November.
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Ref FD929
Official Bureau postmark
Every Colour Ought to Encourage Prayer |
Ref FD930
Official Bethlehem postmark |
Ref FD930N
Official Bethlehem non-pictorial postmark |
Ref L11535 Building
Appeal
Westminster Cathedral, London |
Ref L11546
York Glaziers Trust,
York |
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Kendal |
Ref L11534
Ormesby, Gt Yarmouth |
Ref W11547 Minehead,
Somerset |
Ref L11532 Rye, East
Sussex |
Ref L11533 Upavon, Pewsey |
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Ref
L11538 The
Stained
Glass Museum,
Ely, Cambs |
Ref L11539 - Christmas
London |
Ref L11537 Christmas
Lane, Farnham, Surrey
With loving greetings
to all who are good at heart |
Ref M11541 Noel Avenue,
Birmingham |
Ref N11545
Staining, Blackpool |
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Ref M11542 Christmas 2009
Glossop Derbyshire
Let everything that
has breath praise the Lord. |
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Ref W11548
Bethlehem, Llandeilo
In
use 3 November - 19 December |
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