Description
Christmas 2009 1st Class Date Block
Printed in photogravure by De La Rue on Non-fluorescent Coated Paper (NFCP). The gum is also self-adhesive.
Issued 3rd November 2009.
The !st Class stamp depicted a “Madonna and Child” by Henry Holiday from the Church of Ormesby, St Michael, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Two phosphor bands with blue fluor.
From cylinder number D1 D1 D1 D1 D Phosphor D1
Date Block of Ten: date of printing 05/07/09
Gibbon’s GB QEII Specialised Catalogue Vol 5 (3rd edition) number W2208 (single stamp).
Gibbon’s Concise catalogue (2015) number 2992 (single stamp).
Unmounted mint and in pristine condition
Christmas 2009 1st Class Date Block
The Christmas theme this year was “Stained Glass Windows” previously used in 1971 and 1992. For those wishing to use stamps with a Christmas theme, the “Madonna and Child” issue was again made available from existing stock and new printings where required. The 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, stamps will be well packaged and sent by Royal Mail. Therefore please see our Shop menu for postal options. Postage 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.
Recorded Delivery or Registered Post is also available if required. If one of these options is taken, compensation for loss or damage can be claimed.
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 4 Part 1”. 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.
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