Norvic Philatelics - GB New
Stamps
London Eye 10th Anniversary
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Commemorative Sheet: 10 August
2010
The
London Eye celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2010 and Royal Mail have
been working with the owners to produce a Commemorative Sheet to
celebrate the event. Since opening in March 2000 Merlin
Entertainment’s London Eye has become an iconic landmark and
a symbol of modern Britain. It is the UK’s most popular paid
for visitor attraction with some 3.5 million people enjoying
the flight experience every year.
Royal Mail have said that these
commemorative sheets will be used "...
to mark anniversaries that never quite made it into the stamp
programme." They are A4 in size
(210 x 297mm) similar to the Smilers Sheets sold at Stampex, and those
commissioned by businesses.
The Royal Mail Commemorative
Sheets consist of 10 x 1st class stamps, with commemorative labels and
a commemorative border. Because these sheets are sold at a
premium over face value they will not
be listed in most stamp catalogues, but we understand they will be
listed in the Smilers Catalogue under the 'Commemorative Sheet' heading.
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Postmarks used
on the
issue date will be shown here in due course.
Ref L11816 used 10
August 2010only
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Technical details:
The sheet is designed by Neon
and
will be printed by
Cartor Security
Printing.
It is A4 size, 297 x 210mm. The
Union Flag stamps appear to be as previously issued and are litho and
self-adhesive.
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This page updated
23 July
2010