Halley's Comet Stamps
These Royal Mail stamps were affixed to specially designed envelopes and postmarked on the first day that the stamps were issued.
18.02.1986 | The Young Astronomers, Postmarked at Hastings
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47853
18th February 1986
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Halley's Comet
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
17p Halley
27p Giotto 31p Twice in a Lifetime 34p Comet
Producer/Series:
Bradbury
( Victorian Print No 10 )
Postmark:
Hastings, Norman ship,
Special Handstamp
Notes:
Rare cover with the cachet 'In the Year of the Comet 1066, William the Conqueror defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings'.
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Reference Images: Commemorative Stamp Presentation Pack (168) PHQCards (90) Postmark illustrations |
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