GB 2000 Millennium Projects - Above and Beyond

From Stamps of the World
  • Date of Issue: 18th January 2000
  • Designed by: The Post Office, Oxford Science (19p), Image Telegraph (26p), Bob Millar (44p), Scottish Sea Bird Centre (64p)
  • Printed by: House of Questa
  • Print Processes: Offset Lithography 44p. Photogravure others.
  • Sheet Format: 100 (2 panes each 10 by 5)
  • Stamp Size: 37mm x 35mm
  • Perforations: 14 x 14.5 (44p) and 13½ x 14 (others)
  • Phospor Bands: One 5mm centre band (19p) or two 9mm bands at left and right (others)
  • Gum: PVA
  • Withdrawn: 1st February 2001

Millennium Series. Above and Beyond


19p ~ head of Barn Owl, noting Owl Trust at Muncaster, Cumbria
26p ~ night sky, noting National Space Centre, Leicester
44p ~ Torrs Walkway, part of industrial heritage trail at New Mills, Derbyshire
64p ~ gannet colony at Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland, noting live TV relay

Sheet Stamps

19p
26p
44p
64p

First Day Covers

FDC Edinburgh (Bureau)
FDC Muncaster
Presentation Pack

Presentation Pack