Nevis 1986 50th anniversary of the Spitfire
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 5th March 1986
- four values and one value in a miniature sheet
- Desigs: illustrations by John Batchelor
- Printed by: Format International
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format height 40mm x width 60mm. Miniature sheet format height 86mm x width 114mm
- Perforations: 12.75 x 12.5
$1 ~ Spitfire prototype K5054, 1936
$2.50 ~ Spitfire Mk 1A, 1940
$3 ~ Spitfire Mk XII, 1944 (and V-1 rocket)
$4 ~ Spitfire Mk 24, 1948
Miniature sheet $6 and border, Seafire Mk III on HMS Hunter (escort carrier)
- this design appears to be Seafire F Mk III, the folded wings development