Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6909663
Area
Stamps
Title
Mail by Air
Face value
Country / area
Year
2017
Month
09
Day
13
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
FS185a special pack
Designer/Engraver
Publisher
Perforation
Printing technique
Paper
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Special Pack Royal Mail Heritage (3) (P&G 25): Mail by Air (Type IIIA) Strip of ‘1st Class up to 100g’ values from Royal Mail Series II machines at Tallents House Paper/ Gum: OFNP/SA ; Year Code: R17YAL ; Perf.: 14¼ x 14¼ kiss die-cut simulated. Datastring: B2GB17 C001-1840-025 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.