Product Description
29 September 2008 50th anniversary of Regional definitive stamps miniature sheet-
Price is less than current postage value and these are all valid for postage
The nine 1st class stamps stamps are in original 1958 designs:
row 1 - 3d Wales, 3d Scotland, 1s3d Wales, 1s3d Scotland;
row 2 - 3d Northern Ireland, 6d Wales, 6d Scotland, 6d & 1s3d Northern Ireland.
SG Catalogue number: MSNI153
Original stamp designers: Wales - Reynolds Stone; Scotland - Gordon F Huntly (3d), John B Fleming (6d), Archie B Imire (1s3d); Northern Ireland - William Hollywood (3d), Leonard Pilton (6d), Thomas Collins (1s3d).
The miniature sheet is designed by Sedley Place and is printed by De La Rue Security Print in gravure - sheet size 123 x 70mm. The sheet has a cream background, immitating the off-white paper used for the original stamps. Phosphor bands on the mini-sheet are 'gradated', ie they diminish away from the perforations.
