Stampex souvenir sheet
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1962.GBR.01-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Britain's National Stamp Exhibition
1962.GBR.01· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
United Kingdom (GBR)- Year / date
- 1962-03-16
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- No face value
- Format
- Mini sheet
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Cinderella
- Colors
- Black | Red
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Limited, London
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Imperforate
Notes
Imperforate black print in a red frame. Five British commemoratives reproduced in black, with perforations drawn as wavy lines: 1935 Silver Jubilee ½d (Barnett Freedman), 1948 Olympic Games 3d (Abram Games), 1948 Royal Silver Wedding (Joan Hassall) in the centre, 1957 Jubilee Jamboree 2½d (Mary Adshead) and 1960 Europa 6d (Reynolds Stone). Red inscriptions: BRITAIN'S NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION, STAMPEX 1962, MARCH 16TH–24TH, and CENTRAL HALL · WESTMINSTER · LONDON · S·W·1.
Series history
Harrison & Sons printed a souvenir sheet for Britain's National Stamp Exhibition, Stampex, held at Central Hall, Westminster, from 16 to 24 March 1962. The sheet is imperforate. The stamp reproductions are in black, inside a red frame, and the perforations are drawn as wavy lines rather than punched. The head reads BRITAIN'S NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION. STAMPEX 1962 runs down the left margin and MARCH 16TH–24TH down the right. The foot reads CENTRAL HALL · WESTMINSTER · LONDON · S·W·1. The lower margin credits HARRISON & SONS LIMITED, LONDON and states that the postage stamps are reproduced by permission of the Postmaster General.
Five commemoratives are shown, each named with its designer. At upper left is the 1935 Silver Jubilee ½d, King George V between the dates 1910 and 1935, by Barnett Freedman. At lower left is the 1948 Olympic Games 3d, the globe and rings with King George VI, by Abram Games. The centre is the 1948 Royal Silver Wedding, Queen Elizabeth and King George VI with the dates 1923–1948, by Joan Hassall. At upper right is the 1957 Jubilee Jamboree 2½d, the Scout badge and a coiled rope beside the Queen, with 1907 and 1957, by Mary Adshead. At lower right is the 1960 Europa 6d for the Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations, by Reynolds Stone.
The sheet has no face value of its own and was not valid for postage.