Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks

New Country Stamps - 14 October 2003

For operational reasons connected with automatic mail sorting, Royal Mail will issue revised versions of the 16 country stamps on 14 October 2003.

The stamps have the same designs as the stamps they replace:
England : 3 Lions, Crowned Lion with Shield of St George, Oak Tree, Tudor rose;
Northern Ireland : Giant's Causeway, Patchwork fields (aerial view), Linen pattern, Belleck ceramic vase;
Scotland: St Andrew's flag, Scottish Lion, Thistle, Tartan;
Wales: Leek, Welsh dragon, Daffodil, Prince of Wales feathers (fleur-de-lys)

The images are from Royal Mail's Stamp Preview, Postmark Bulletin, and Philatelic Bulletin, and are Copyright 2003 by Royal Mail.

Technical details: The stamps are printed in sheets of 200 be De La Rue. The Northern Ireland stamps are in lithography, the other countries' are in gravure.

These postmarks were available for the date of issue and all should be available on first day covers. 

Ref FD335 Official Philatelic Bureau FDI postmark	Ref FD336 Official London FDI Postmark	Ref FD337 Official Edinburgh FDI postmark	Ref FD338 Official Cardiff FDI postmark	Ref FD339 Official Belfast FDI postmark
Ref FD336N Official London FDI Postmark	Ref FD337N Official Edinburgh FDI postmark	Ref FD338N Official Cardiff FDI postmark	Ref FD339N Official Belfast FDI postmark	Ref L8808 England Regional Definitives, Concorde & Big Ben, London
Ref L4665 Tower of London permanent postmark	Ref L4680 Windsor Castle permanent postmark	Ref S4653 St Giles's Cathedral Edinburgh permanent postmark	Ref W5097 Cardiff Castle Clock Tower permanent postmark	Ref S4641 Belfast City Hall permanent postmark
Ref M8778 Classic Car Series, Standard 8, Coventry	Ref L8756 Three Lions	Ref S8761 Sporran	Ref W8765 'Dragon'	Ref S8760 'Giant'
Ref S8782 Glencoe, Ballachulish (Red Deer)	Ref S8783 Edinburgh (Scottish heraldic lion)	Ref S8784 Belfast (Irish crowned harp)	Ref S8785 Cookstown (linseed flowers)	Ref S8786 Portrush (Celtic cross)
Ref S8787 Londonderry	Ref S8788 Dunvegan, Isle of Skye (Thistle)	Ref S8789 Callanish, Isle of Lewis (standing stones)	Ref W8794 Cardigan	Ref W8795 Llanberis, Caernarfon
Ref W8796 Cardiff	Ref W8797 Llanwrst, Conway Valley	Ref N8812 Castlerigg, Keswick (neolithic compass)	Ref E8816 Newport, Isle of Wight (acorns)	Ref M8810 Bakewell, Derbyshire
Ref L8807 London, England	Ref S8813 Belfast, Northern Ireland	Ref S8814 Edinburgh,. Scotland	Ref W8817 Cardiff, Wales