Year of the Child Stamps

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

11.07.1979 | Children reading, Postmarked at Leicester

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Issue:

11th July 1979 - Year of the Child

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

9p Peter Rabbit
10 1/2p Wind in the Willows
11p Winnie the Pooh
13p Alice in Wonderland

Producer/Series: Philart ( Delux )

Postmark:

Leicester, New Parks Boys School, Special Handstamp

Reference Images:
Commemorative Stamp
Presentation Pack (110)
PHQCards (37)
Postmark illustrations

Available varieties of this First Day Cover.

Bethlehem Postmark StockCode: 5123 NSPCC, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Birkenhead Postmark StockCode: 5117 Boy Scouts, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Daresbury Postmark StockCode: 5124 Lewis Carroll Society, Special Handstamp	$54 Last One! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Hartfield Postmark StockCode: 5126 Winnie the Pooh, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Last One! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Leicester Postmark StockCode: 5122 Palitoy, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Last One! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Leicester Postmark StockCode: 5127 New Parks Boys School, Special Handstamp	$54 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Llandudno Postmark StockCode: 5125 Alice in Wonderland, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
London Postmark StockCode: 5121 Great Ormond Street Hospital, Special Handstamp	$54 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Philatelic Bureau Postmark StockCode: 5118 Year of Child logo, Special Handstamp	$33.75 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Tenterden Postmark StockCode: 5119 Kent & East Sussex Railway, Special Handstamp	$40.50 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Westminster Cathedral Postmark StockCode: 305 Special Handstamp	$54 Last One! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Wisbech Postmark StockCode: 5128 Grammar School, Special Handstamp	$81 Last One! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket
Wokingham Postmark StockCode: 5120 Rotary, Special Handstamp	$67.50 Two Left! Add to Wishlist Add to Basket

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The above Royal Mail Year of the Child stamps were issued on 11 July 1979 by Royal Mail and feature the following stamp designs: 9p Peter Rabbit; 10 1/2p Wind in the Willows; 11p Winnie the Pooh; 13p Alice in Wonderland. The Children reading first day cover with the Leicester, New Parks Boys School, Special Handstamp postmark has been produced by Philart and features these stamps which can make a very collectible and lovely gift.