GB 1971 Literary Anniversaries
From Stamps of the World
- Date of Issue: 28th July 1971
- Designed by Rosalind Dease
- Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd, High Wycombe
- Print process: Photogravure
- Phosphor: 2 phosphor bands
- Sheet Format: 100 (10 by 10)
- Stamp Size: 41mm x 30mm
- Perforations: 14.75 x 14
- Paper/Gum: Chalk Surfaced with PVA
- Withdrawn: 27th July 1972
Literary Anniversaries 1971
3p ~ 150th anniversary of the death of John Keats, poet, 1795-1821
5p ~ Bicentenary of the death of Thomas Gray, scholar and poet, 1716-1771
7½p ~ Bicentenary of the birth of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, 1771-1832
Sheet stamps
First Day Covers
- Post Office cover with LONDON EC First Day of Issue postmark
- Post Office cover with DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN First Day of Issue postmark
- This was before Isle of Man Post Office became independent in 1973
- London Road, High Wycombe in Bucks