Product Description
9 May 2013
Football Heroes retail book 1, issued alongside the miniature sheet, set of 11 gummed stamps and prestige book. In addition to four 1st class Machin definitives the booklet contains the George Best and Booby Moore stamps.
Single Booby Moore self-adhesive stamp, printed by Walsall SP in gravure - the similar stamp from the prestige stamp book was printed in litho.
was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders in the history of football, and was cited by Pelé as the greatest defender he had ever played against.[5] Moore is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.[6]
Widely regarded as West Ham's greatest ever player, Moore played more than 600 games for the club during a 16-year tenure, winning the FA Cup in 1963–64 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1964–65. During his time at the club, he won the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1964 and the West Ham Player of the Year in 1961, 1963, 1968 and 1970.
