Ancient Britain Stamps

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

17.01.2017 | Homo neanderthalensis hunting - pair of covers, Postmarked at Birmingham

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Stock Code:

45453

Issue:

17th January 2017 - Ancient Britain

Stamp Type:

Commemoratives

Stamp Details:

1st Battersea Shield ... ▼ expand stamp details ▼

1st Skara Brae Neolithic village
£1.05 Star Carr head-dress
£1.05 Maiden Castle Hill Fort
£1.33 Avebury Stone Circle
£1.33 Drumbest Horns
£1.52 Grime's Graves Flint Mines
£1.52 Mold Cape

Producer/Series: Bradbury ( BFDC No 414 )

Postmark:

Birmingham, Stonehenge Croft, Special Handstamp

Limited Edition: 50 copies Worldwide.

Notes: Images on covers show homo neanderthalensis hunting at Swanscombe. The Illustrations are by Maurice Wilson of a deer hunt on the banks of a river at Swanscombe, England, 400,000 years ago (Lower Palaeolithic). A wooden spear has brought down a specimen of the extinct Clacton fallow deer. These covers are hand made from the finest quality linen textured paper.

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The above Royal Mail Ancient Britain stamps were issued on 17 January 2017 by Royal Mail and feature the following stamp designs: 1st Battersea Shield ; 1st Skara Brae Neolithic village ; £1.05 Star Carr head-dress; £1.05 Maiden Castle Hill Fort; £1.33 Avebury Stone Circle; £1.33 Drumbest Horns; £1.52 Grime's Graves Flint Mines; £1.52 Mold Cape. The Homo neanderthalensis hunting - pair of covers first day cover with the Birmingham, Stonehenge Croft, Special Handstamp postmark has been produced by Bradbury and features these stamps which can make a very collectible and lovely gift.