The Royal Mail Stamps

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

30.07.1985 | The General Post Office 'One Minute to Six', Postmarked at House of Commons

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Stock Code:

47743

Issue:

30th July 1985 - The Royal Mail

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

17p Datapost
22p Postbus
31p Parcel Post
34p Letter Post

Producer/Series: Pres. Philatelic Services ( Sotheby Silk No 14 )

Postmark:

House of Commons CDS Postmark

Notes: Rare with parliamentary cachet: 'It was following attacks made in the Commons on the inefficiency of the Post Office by Robert Wallace, MP for Greenock that Rowland Hill published his famous pamphlet on Post Office Reform'

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The above Royal Mail The Royal Mail stamps were issued on 30 July 1985 by Royal Mail and feature the following stamp designs: 17p Datapost; 22p Postbus; 31p Parcel Post; 34p Letter Post. The The General Post Office 'One Minute to Six' first day cover with the House of Commons CDS Postmark postmark has been produced by Pres. Philatelic Services and features these stamps which can make a very collectible and lovely gift.