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Description: | Stamps: Buses. Classic British Double-Deckers. Comprising 1 strip set of 5 first class stamps in Presentation Pack No. 323, issued by Royal Mail [Consignia] on 15 May 2001. 11.5x21.5cm. Artist-designer Michael English. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the earliest double-decker bus. The double-decker was originally introduced to ease the congestion created by visitors to the Great Exhibition of 1851. Stamps feature 16 buses in historical order 1908-1999; pack inside cover illustrated with historical bus tickets; 4pp technical specifications and descriptions. With minisheet 10.5x12cm, set of 6 postcards 10.5x15cm, First Day Cover franked 15 May 2001. The Guy Arab Mk II 'Utility' bus of 1943, which the artist used as basis for the design of bus no. 6, is at Science Museum Wroughton (inv.1997-540) | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | stamps | Temporal: | 2001 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | English, Michael | Identifier: | 2001-721 | Go to resource |
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