GB 2016 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date : 2nd September 2016
- six values in three se-tenant pairs
- Designed by: The Chase, from illustrations by John Higgins
- Printed by : Cartor, France
- Print process : lithography
- Sheet format: printed in sheets of 60 stamps (30 se-tenant pairs) for each value
- Perforations : die cut 14.2 x 14.3
- Phosphor: two phosphor bands on each stamp
- Stemp format: height 35mm x width 35mm (pairs, width 70mm)
Stamp Details
1st (64p) ~ Sept 2nd, 1666. Fire breaks out at a bakery in Pudding Lane (scene at bakery); Thomas Farriner and his daughter escape through a window
1st (64p) ~ Sept 2nd, 1666. Fire spreads rapidly, families flee, many to the river (family in flight, people boarding boats)
£1.05 ~ Sept 3rd, 1666. Houses are pulled down in an attempt to create a fire-break
£1.05 ~ Sept 4th, 1666. Fire reaches St Paul’s Cathedral, watched by citizens. Belongings stored in building fuel the flames
£1.52 ~ Sept 5th, 1666. Fire dies out. People gather at Moorfields. Temporary food markets are set up across London
£1.52 ~ Sept 11th, 1666. Christopher Wren develops plans for regeneration of the City and presents them to King Charles II
- Note: the depiction of St Paul's Cathedral is of the old, medieval Cathedral in the City of London. A new cathedral was subsequently designed by Sir Christopher Wren and constructed to replace the one destroyed in the Great Fire
