Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks
Capability Brown's Landscape Gardens - stamp issue 16 August 2016
2016 marks the 300th
anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown who is
remembered as ‘the last of the great 18th century artists’ and
England’s greatest gardner. Brown changed the face of
eighteenth century England, designing country estates and
mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine
rivers, a magical world of green.
Celebrated for landscape on an immense scale, creating entire vistas
not only gardens and parkland – it is often said that the images
Brown created are as deeply embedded in the English character as the
paintings of Turner and the poetry of Wordsworth.
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Stamps in detail
2nd Class The Duke of Marlborough enticed Brown to
Oxfordshire in 1763, with the promise that he should begin work at Blenheim
Palace immediately.
2nd Class For his efforts at Longleat in
Wiltshire, Brown was paid over £6,100 between 1757 and 1762 by Lord Weymouth
1st Class Brown’s 1768 arrival at Compton Verney,
Warwickshire, sparked John Peyto Verney’s ambitious changes to both the
house and landscape
1st Class Henry Herbert, later 1st Earl of Carnarvon,
summoned Brown to Highclere Castle shortly after he
inherited the Berkshire estate in 1769.
£1.05 Around 1770, Brown began work at the Duke and Duchess
of Northumberland’s northern estate, Alnwick Castle, after
having previously worked for them at Syon
£1.05 In 1780, Brown supplied a landscape plan for Thomas
Harley at Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, working there in
perfect partnership with his son-in-law.
£1.33 Stowe, the Buckinghamshire kingdom
belonging to the formidable Viscount Cobham, was where Brown cut his
horticultural teeth
£1.33 Brown was first consulted regarding Croome
Park in Worcestershire in 1751, when George William Coventry
inherited the earldom.
Technical details:
The stamps are designed by Robert Maude and
Sarah Davies, the stamps are printed by International Security Printers in
lithography. The stamps are 41 x 30 mm, and printed in 4 sheets of
se-tenant pairs, 60 per sheet. The retail booklet is also printed by
International Security Printers (Walsall) but in gravure.
Product range - we will not be stocking these products except for the
Retail Stamp Book stamps.
Set of 8 stamps Presentation Pack
First Day Cover Set of 8 Stamp Cards
Retail Book
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