Blue Tit 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6419865
Area
Stamps
Title
Blue Tit
Face value
Worldwide up to 40g
Country / area
Great Britain
Year
2012
Month
02
Day
Issue group
2010 Post & Go Birds (1)
Order Number in Issue group
1e
Usage
Postage
Type
Vending machine label
Basic colour
Multi-coloured
Theme / topic
Birds
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Parus caeruleus (Blue tit) (Linnaeus 1758)
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
FS10a
Designer/Engraver
Gillmor, Robert, Stephens, Kate
Printing office
Walsall Security Printers (WSP)
Perforation type
Die-cut
Number of teeth per 20 mm
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
Phosphorescent (2 strips)
Printing technique
Photogravure
Paper
Gum
Self-adhesive (Peel & Stick)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
56 x 25 mm
Details
Printer: Walsall (Gravure). Paper/gum: OFNP/SA. Thermally printed service indicators (dispensed stamps). Perforation: 14½ x 14½ kiss die-cut. Phosphor: 2B Worldwide 40g with revised narrower font. Stanley Gibbons Concise states 2.12 as issue date. The issue date of the depicted stamp was earlier as can be seen on the Post Office receipt: 03/12/2011