Famous Women Authors Stamps

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

09.07.1980 | Women Authors + Jane Austen, Postmarked at Leicester

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Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
12p Charlotte Bronte
13 1/2p George Eliot
15p Emily Bronte
17 1/2p Mrs Gaskell
Producer/Series:   ( LFDC No 2 )
Postmark:
Leicester, Open Book and Quill, Special Handstamp
Notes: Lovely cover with the full set of four Women Authors stamps plus the set of four Jane Austen stamps issued in 1975. Pristine condition
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