Maritime Heritage Stamps

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

16.06.1982 | Devonport, Postmarked at Devonport

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16th June 1982 - Maritime Heritage
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Stamp Details:
15 1/2p Henry VIII and Mary Rose ...      ▼ expand stamp details
19 1/2p Blake and Triumph
24p Nelson and Victory
26p Fisher and Dreadnought
29p Cunningham and Warspite
Producer/Series:
Notes: Rare postmark - HMS Warspite was built here. Signed by Lieut. T. E. Murch Veteran of Jutland (1916) and The Bismarck Action (1941). As a Naval Apprentice, he helped to build Warspite, and later served in her with the Atlantic Fleet.
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