Description
Christmas 1st Class Date Block 2010
Printed in photogravure by De La Rue on Non-fluorescent Coated Paper (NFCP). There is also self-adhesive gum.
Issued 2nd November 2010.
The 1st Class stamp depicted “Gromit posting Christmas Cards”.
Two phosphor band with blue fluor.
Date Block of ten. Date of Printing: 17/06/10. From cylinder number D1 D1 D1 D1 and also Phosphor D1.
Gibbon’s GB QEII Specialised Catalogue Vol 5 (3rd edition) number W2365 (single stamp).
Gibbon’s Concise catalogue (2019) number 3129 (single stamp).
Unmounted mint and also in pristine condition.
Christmas 1st Class Date Block 2010
The Christmas theme this year was the award winning characters Wallace and Gromit. These were created by Nick Park working with Aardman Animations. For those wishing to use stamps with a religious theme, the “Madonna and Child” issue of 2007 was again made available from existing stock and new printings where required. These stamps were designed by Andrew Ross (also responsible for the 2007 “Sea Life” and 2008 “Insects” issues).
All denominations of this issue were printed in sheets of 50 stamps (two panes of 25 divided with a horizontal gutter margin), and the surplus backing paper was removed before issue.
INFORMATION SOURCES:
First of all, Royal Mail will handle your order. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. We only charge postage for the first item in most cases. Thus any further items purchased would not increase the final postal charges. Furthermore we do not charge you for envelopes and packaging. Postage
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is available if required. Compensation for loss or damage can be claimed, therefore, if this option is taken.
We mention Stanley Gibbons catalogue numbers where it is possible. These numbers are either from the “Concise Stamp Catalogue” or from the “Specialised Stamp Catalogue Volume 5”. We will try to mention any other numbering that we may use if not covered by the above. Sometimes particular stamps, Smilers sheets, booklets, miniature sheets, or cylinder blocks are not recognized anywhere. Hence, in this case, we would use our own expertise to describe and value that item.
In conclusion, all of our stamps are unmounted mint and in an excellent condition. We will mention any variation to this statement.
Please let us know if we have made a mistake with this description.
We are also members of the “Great Britain Philatelic Society” (GBPS): http://www.gbps.org.uk
Christmas 1st Class Date Block 2010
