The 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 will be commemorated by Royal Mail with a set of 6 stamps, a miniature sheet and Prestige Stamp Book. The stamps etc can be seen on our main Trafalgar page, click here.
Our covers all depict monumental tributes to Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio
      Nelson. These scans are all of actual covers.
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      Isle of Man set of 8 issued on Norvic 9 January 2005 cover, with GB Nelson Smilers Stamp cancelled with Portsmouth Trafalgar Day postmark - price £8.95

Isle of Man miniature sheet on Norvic 1 February 2005 cover, with GB
          Nelson Smilers Stamp 
          cancelled with Portsmouth Trafalgar Day postmark - price £6.95

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               Ref NMX01 Card: 'Nelson Mortally wounded at Trafalgar' by D Dighton, National Maritime Museum Greenwich card No 194 Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Nelson Road Birmingham Price: £3.00  | 
            
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               Ref NMX02 Card: 'The VICTORY at Trafalgar' by J M W Turner, National Maritime Museum Greenwich card No 136 Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Bicentenary, Portsmouth Price: £3.00  | 
            
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               Ref NMX03 Card: 'Hero of Trafalgar' by William Heysman Overend, Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Whitehall, London SW1 Price: £3.00  | 
            
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               Ref NMX04 Card: 'HMS Victory leading the line at Trafalgar' by S Francis Smitheman (RN Museum Portsmouth) Stamp: 68p The Royal Navy fleet attacking in two columns Postmark: HM Naval Base Portsmouth (Bicentenary logo) Price: £4.25  | 
            
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               Ref NMX05 Card: 'Lord Nelson' by Matthew Henry Keymer, Norfolk Nelson Museum card Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Merton, London SW18 postmark Price: £3.00  | 
            
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               Ref NMX06 Card: 'Horatio, Viscount Nelson' by L F Abbott, National Maritime Museum Greenwich card No 159 Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Trafalgar Square, London postmark Price: £3.00  | 
            
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               Ref NMX07 Card: Unknown - reverse of card is captioned Queen Elizabeth I, National Portrait Gallery. Stamp: 1st class 'Death of Nelson' Postmark: Nelson Road, Birmingham, postmark Price: £3.00  | 
            
          
This page updated 18 November 2005
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