British Ships Stamps

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

15.01.1969 | Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky, Postmarked at Greenwich

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Stock Code:

25037

Issue:

15th January 1969 - British Ships

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

5d 'Queen Elizabeth 2' ... ▼ expand stamp details ▼

9d Elizabethan Galleon
9d East Indiaman
9d 'Cutty Sark'
1s 'SS Great Britain'
1s RMS 'Mauretania'

Producer/Series: Official Sponsors

Postmark:

Greenwich, Home of the Cutty Sark, Slogan Postmark

Notes: This delightful little cover has travelled all the way to the US with Detroit and Chicago backstamps. Superb example of using FDCs as a means of advertising

Reference Images:
Commemorative Stamp
Presentation Pack (5)
Postmark illustrations

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