William Caxton Stamps

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

29.09.1976 | Hand Printed on Columbian Press, Postmarked at Philatelic Bureau

sold out View FDCs for this issue William Caxton, Hand Printed on Columbian Press William Caxton, Hand Printed on Columbian Press
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29th September 1976 - William Caxton
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Stamp Details:
8 1/2p Canterbury Tales
10p Type-faces
11p Game of Chess
13p Printing Press
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Notes: Extremely rare cover design - never seen this before. The cover has been printed on a Columbian Press in the North Western Museum of Science and Industry.
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