National Nature Week Stamps

These Post Office stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.

16.05.1963 | Squirrel and Stork, Postmarked at Selborne

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Stock Code:

48729

Issue:

16th May 1963 - National Nature Week

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

3d Posy of Flowers
4 1/2d Woodland Life

Postmark:

Selborne CDS Postmark

Notes: This cover is in pristine condition. Selborne is rare postmark for this issue: The 'Natural History of Selborne' is a book by English naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White. It was first published in 1789 and has been continuously in print since then, with nearly 300 editions up to 2007.

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Commemorative Stamp
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