Celebrating Wales: Miniature Sheet
26.02.2009
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Date:
26th February 2009
Stamp Type:
Stamp Details:
1st Welsh Flag
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1st Welsh Dragon
81p St. David
81p Welsh Assembly
81p St. David
81p Welsh Assembly
Reference Images:
The numbers alongside each of the postmark images relates to the entry in the catalogue Collecting
British First Day Covers Published each year since 1980, it is regarded as the ‘bible’ by collectors
of British FDCs click here for more details.
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Reason and inspiration
Our grand tour around the UK comes to an end with Celebrating Wales, the fourth and final
Miniature Sheet in our series, The Four Countries of the UK.
Four Stamps stand proud on the Celebrating Wales Miniature Sheet and three have been specially created for the issue, including two long-format Stamps featuring the country’s patron saint and a national landmark.
A new 1st Class Stamp featuring the Welsh flag is positioned top left on the sheet, next to artist Claire Melinsky’s stunning illustration of St David’s on an 81p long-format Stamp.
Beneath them in the bottom left sits the second long-format Stamp, displaying a floodlit National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay, and the sheet is completed by the present Welsh 1st Class Definitive of the Welsh Dragon.
Celebrating Wales is issued a week before the Saints Day to enable customers to send St David’s cards in time for the day (St David’s Day falls on a Sunday in 2009).
The first of the series Celebrating Scotland was issued in 2006, Celebrating England followed in 2007 and continued in 2008 with Celebrating Northern Ireland.
Four Stamps stand proud on the Celebrating Wales Miniature Sheet and three have been specially created for the issue, including two long-format Stamps featuring the country’s patron saint and a national landmark.
A new 1st Class Stamp featuring the Welsh flag is positioned top left on the sheet, next to artist Claire Melinsky’s stunning illustration of St David’s on an 81p long-format Stamp.
Beneath them in the bottom left sits the second long-format Stamp, displaying a floodlit National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay, and the sheet is completed by the present Welsh 1st Class Definitive of the Welsh Dragon.
Celebrating Wales is issued a week before the Saints Day to enable customers to send St David’s cards in time for the day (St David’s Day falls on a Sunday in 2009).
The first of the series Celebrating Scotland was issued in 2006, Celebrating England followed in 2007 and continued in 2008 with Celebrating Northern Ireland.
Stamp design and background
In common with the previous sheets in the series, Celebrating Wales was designed by
Colchester based designers Silk Pearce. There are four Stamps in the set, two 1st Class Stamps
one featuring the present Welsh 1st Class Definitive of the Welsh Dragon forged in steel, and a
new Stamp featuring the Welsh national flag illustrated by Peter Crowther Associates Ltd
together with two new long-format 81p Stamps.
The first 81p Stamp features an image of Saint David by Claire Melinsky and the second a photograph of Cardiff waterfront featuring the National Assembly for Wales and the Wales Millennium Centre. The sheet’s border features photography of Harlech Castle, Snowdonia.
The first 81p Stamp features an image of Saint David by Claire Melinsky and the second a photograph of Cardiff waterfront featuring the National Assembly for Wales and the Wales Millennium Centre. The sheet’s border features photography of Harlech Castle, Snowdonia.
Stamp by Stamp
1st Class – Welsh Dragon
The present Welsh 1st Class Definitive Stamp originally designed by Tutssels Enterprise IG and the dragon was forged in Welsh steel by brothers Toby and Gideon Petersen1st Class – Welsh National Flag
A new depiction of the red dragon on a white and green field by Peter Crowther Associates Ltd81p – St David
The patron saint of Wales Illustrated by Claire Melinsky81p – National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay
A photograph of the seat of Welsh government, a new landmark on the Cardiff waterfront.Product Portfolio
Miniature Sheet
The Miniature Sheet was designed by Silk Pearce and comprises of new St David and National Assembly for Wales Stamps and two Welsh dragon Stamps set within a border showing Harlech Castle, Snowdonia. The dimensions of the Miniature Sheet are 123mm x 70mm.Presentation Pack No 424: – Celebrating Wales
The fully illustrated and bi-lingual Presentation Pack comprises of the Miniature Sheet together with a look at the legend and history of St David by Professor Huw Pryce of Bangor University, Wales and photography of Wales The pack was designed by hgv, and printed by Walsall Security Printers.Stamp Cards
A set of five Stamp Cards; four featuring blow ups of the Stamps and a fifth featuring an image of the Miniature Sheet, will be on sale a week before the issue date.Miniature Sheet - Technical Details:
| Feature | Type/Detail |
|---|---|
| Number of stamps | 4 |
| Size of Sheet | 123mm (w) x 70mm (h) |
| Design | Silk Pearce except for Welsh Definitive originally designed by Tutssels Enterprise IG and the dragon was forged in Welsh steel by brothers Toby and Gideon Petersen |
| Illustrations | St David: Claire Melinsky Welsh National Flag: Peter Crowther Associates Ltd |
| Photography | National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay © The Photolibrary Wales/Alamy |
| Border photography | Harlech Castle, Snowdonia © David Noton Photography/Alamy |
| Stamp format | St David and National Assembly for Wales: Long Landscape Definitive Format: Portrait |
| Stamp size | St David and National Assembly for Wales: 60mm (w) x 24mm (h); Definitive Size: 20 mm (w) x 24mm (h) |
| Printer | De La Rue Security Print |
| Print process | Lithography |
| Perforations | St David and National Assembly for Wales: 14.5 x 14 Definitive size Stamps: 15 x 14 |
| Phosphor | Bars |
| Gum | PVA |
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