GB 2012 Birth Bicentenary of Charles Dickens
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date : 19th June 2012
- Designed by : Howard Brown
- Printed by : Cartor Security Printers
- Print process : Offset Lithography
- Sheet Format: 50 (2 panes 5 by 5)
- Stamp Size: 27mm x 37mm
- Perforations : 14 x 14.25
- Gum: PVA
- Withdrawn: 19th June 2013
Contents
Bicentenary of the Birth of Charles Dickens
- designs in set of six are from illustrations in Character Sketches from Charles Dickens by 'Kyd' (Joseph Clayton Clarke); designs in miniature sheet are from illustrations by 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Brown)
2nd (50p) ~ Mr Bumble, from Oliver Twist
1st (60p) ~ Mr Pickwick, from The Pickwick Papers
77p ~ The Marchioness (maid-servant to Mrs Brass,from The Old Curiosity Shop)
87p ~ Mrs Gamp, from Martin Chuzzlewit
£1.28 ~ Captain Cuttle, from Dombey & Son
£1.90 ~ Mr Micawber, from David Copperfield
Miniature sheet (4 x 1):
1st (60p) ~ Nicholas Nickleby hitting Dotheboys Hall headmaster, from Nichols Nickleby
1st (60p) ~ Inspector Bucket interviews Mrs Bagnet, from Bleak House
1st (60p) ~ Maggy is introduced to Arthur Clennam, from Little Dorrit
1st (60p) ~ Charles Darnay is arrested by French revolutionaries, in A Tale of Two Cities
Sheet stamps
First Day Cover
Presentation Pack
Miniature Sheet
- Sheet Size: height 67mm x width 190mm
- Stamp Size: 37mm x 35mm
First Day Cover
Presentation Pack
- Note Pack is included in the Sheet Presentation Pack