Falkland Islands 2009 HMS Exeter (Royal Navy)
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 8th December 2009
- four values, issued in sheets of 50 (2 x 25)
- Design: John Batchelor
- Printer: BDT International Security Printers, Ireland
- Printing process: lithography
- Stamp format: height 28½mm x width 42mm
- Perforations: 14 x 14
4p ~ HMS Exeter, a York class heavy cruiser (1931), involved in the Battle of the River Plate, December 1939: shown firing guns 20p ~ HMS Exeter (as 4p), shown under steam with released bi-plane 30p ~ HMS Exeter, type 42 destroyer D89 (1980), deployed to the Falklands in spring 1982 to replace HMS Sheffield: view towards stern (showing helicopter) £1.66 ~ HMS Exeter (type 42 destroyer): view towards bow (showing helicopter at rear)
