Mail by Rail 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6909693
Area
Stamps
Title
Mail by Rail
Face value
Country / area
Great Britain
Year
2017
Month
02
Day
15
Issue group
2017 Post & Go Postvervoer per trein
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Multi-coloured
Usage
Postage
Type
Machine label, Presentation Pack
Theme / topic
History, Postal transport, Railways, Trains
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
FS173a Special pack
Designer/Engraver
Davidson, Andrew, Osborne Ross
Printing office
Walsall Security Printers (WSP)
Publisher
Perforation
S [Die-cut]
Watermark
Without watermark
Luminescence
Phosphorescent (2 strips)
Printing technique
Photogravure, Thermal printing
Paper
Gum
Self-adhesive (Peel & Stick)
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details
Philatelic pack (‘P&G 25’) Royal Mail Heritage (2): Mail by Rail (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 MA17 ; Perf.: 14½ x 14½ 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.