GB1676
4d Christmas
Traditional seasonal scenes taken from the Psalter of Richard de Lisle (painted at Westminster in the 1300s) which is part of the Arundel Collection held at the British Museum
4d Christmas
GB1678 5d Christmas
GB1680 1s 6d Christmas
14 x 15 perfs; polyvinyl alcohol gum; chalk-surfaced paper; one 4mm centre phosphor band; designed by Sally Stiff; printed photogravure by Harrison in sheets (12 x 10); 360,016,216 copies sold
Cylinder numbers located in the bottom margin of panes by columns 2 to 5, row 10; traffic lights in the right margin by column 10, rows 9 and 10, and in the top margin by columns 11 and 12, row 1:
vermilion–grey-black–brown–brown-red–turquoise-green–blue–pale chestnut–gold–phosphor
1A–1B–1C–1D–1E–1F–1G–1J–P9
Examples purportedly missing blue, from the shepherd's cloak and other areas, surfaced on eBay during January 2010. These were subsequently verified by the Royal Philatelic Society as being chemically treated fakes
Imperforate between stamp and left margin
GB1676PHa Phosphor missing
GB1676PHb Two phosphor bands (rather than one)
GB1676EEa Embossing missing
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