Peter's GB Stamp Album

British stamps from 1924 to date. If you are interested in buying any stamps illustrated on these pages, please make a note of the SG catalogue number(s) and go to my price list:

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SG665-666 Salvation Army Centenary
SG665p-666p - with phosphor bands
Issued: 9th August 1965
Designers: M. Farrar-Bell (3d) and G. Trenaman (1/6)
Printed in photogravure by: Harrison & Sons Ltd. High Wycombe
Watermark: Multiple Crowns (see under)
Perforations 15x14 - Stamp size 41mm x 24mm

 

Multiple Crowns

Phosphor band issues. Vertical phosphor bands are printed on the face of the stamp and are visible under UV radiation or at an oblique angle to a light source. They may be applied to the left, right and/or centre of the stamp. Only the fact that a stamp has phosphor bands is mentioned here. Some values occur with bands at left, right, centre or with two or three bands.

SG667-668 Centenary of Joseph Lister's Discovery of Antiseptic Surgery
SG667p-668p - with phosphor bands
Issued: 1st September 1965
Designers: P. Gauld (4d) and F. Ariss (1/-)
Printed in photogravure by: Harrison & Sons Ltd. High Wycombe
Watermark: Multiple Crowns (see above)
Perforations 15x14 - Stamp size 41mm x 24mm

 

SG669-670 Commonwealth Arts Festival
SG669p-670p - with phosphor bands
Issued: 1st September 1965
Designers: David Gentleman and Rosalind Dease
Printed in photogravure by: Harrison & Sons Ltd. High Wycombe
Watermark: Multiple Crowns (see above)
Perforations 15x14 - Stamp size 41mm x 24mm

 

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