Stamp Details
These stamps were issued in a special 'long' landscape format. This format was first issued with the 2002 Commonwealth Games issue, and there has been one set of stamps issued in this format every year since.
The scenes the stamps depict:
- 1st class - Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar at Saltash
- 40p - Box Tunnel, almost two miles long and still in use today
- 42p - Paddington Station, London terminus of the Great Western Railway
- 47p - PSS Great Eastern, at the time the largest ship in history
- 60p - Clifton Suspension Bridge, Brunel's first major commission at the age of 24
- 68p - Maidenhead Railway Bridge, still carries the main line over the River Thames in Maidenhead, Berkshire
The face value of the set was £2.87.
- Designed by hat-trick design
- Stamp Size 60mm x 21mm (Long landscape)
- Printed by Jon Enschedé Security Print
- Print Process Lithography
- Number per sheet 24/48
- Perforations 14.5 x 14.5
- Gum PVA
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