Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5990819
Area
Stamps
Title
Mail transport
Face value
Country / area
Year
2016
Month
02
Day
17
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
FS151 Special Pack (P&G22)
Publisher
Perforation
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Philatelic pack (‘P&G 22’) Royal Mail Heritage (1): Transport (Type IIIA) Strip of six ‘1st Class up to 100g’ values from Royal Mail Series II machines at Tallents House. Paper/ Gum: OFNP/SA ; Year Code MA16 ; Perf.: 14½ x 14½ kiss die-cut simulated ; Datastring: B2GB16 C002-1840-022 The spurious data string at the bottom of the stamps is common to all the stamps representing reel, month, country and year of issue; machine, session number and number in P&G series. ‘1840’ is chosen as it is the year when postage stamps were first issued.