Greenwich Meridian Stamps
These Royal Mail stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.
26.06.1984 | British Horological Institute, Postmarked at Buckingham Palace
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26th June 1984
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Greenwich Meridian
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
16p Astronomy
20 1/2 Navigation 28p The Observatory 31p Time
Producer/Series:
Bradbury
( LFDC No 35 )
Postmark:
Notes:
Rare cover with cachet: In 1960 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth came to Greenwich to open Flamsteed House, the original observatory founded by her ancestor Charles II in 1675
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