Inigo Jones Stamps

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

15.08.1973 | Self Portrait, Postmarked at Greenwich

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Stock Code:

45015

Issue:

15th August 1973 - Inigo Jones

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

3p Court Masque Costumes
3p St. Paul's, Covent Garden
5p Prince's Lodging, Newmarket
5p Court Masque Stage Scene

Producer/Series: Royal Mail/Post Office

Postmark:

Greenwich CDS Postmark

Notes: Star item: The significance of Greenwich Postmark. (This is NOT catalogued and a ONE OFF item, making a very rare cover.) The Queen's House, Greenwich, is a former royal residence built between 1616–1635. Its architect was Inigo Jones, for whom it was a crucial early commission, for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I of England. The Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in Britain. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour of Roman, Renaissance and Palladian architecture in Italy.

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