A British Journey - South West England - 8 February 2005
The fourth stage of 'A British Journey' takes us to South West England.
Regional labels are not always applied consistently in England, but this
series includes stamps from the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,
Wiltshire, Somerset and Lundy Island, which is administratively part of
Devon.
The stamps in the set show:
2nd class - Old Harry Rocks, Studland Bay, Dorset. The great
chalk ridge of the Purbeck Hills ends at the English Channel where sheer
cliffs drop 500 feet (150m) into the sea, with the rocks standing off
shore.
1st class - Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall. The Tin Mine at
Wheal Coates stands on a ledge 300ft (90m) above the sea on the north
Cornwall coast.
40p - Start Point & Start Bay, Devon The lighthouse
at Start Point is on one of the most exposed peninsulas on the English
Coast, running sharply almost a mile into the sea near Dartmouth.
43p - Horton Down, Wiltshire. The farmland on these chalk downs
near Devizes has been the scene of crop circles in 2000 and there are
believed to be ancient tombs and sarsen stones nearby.
47p or 57p - Chiselcombe, Exmoor. Much of Exmoor's 170,000 acres
of moorland and upland farms is in Somerset. But Chiselcombe is near
Watersmeet, which is south of Lynmouth on Devon's north coast, not in
Somerset as suggested in RM publicity.
68p - St James's Stone, Lundy
Island. Lundy - well known to stamp collectors for the local
stamps which have been produced for many years - is some 11 miles (20km)
off Hartland Point on the Devon coast, and is only only 3 miles (5km)
long and 1 mile (2km) across at its widest point.
Previous sets in this series have had a 47p stamp; although the Royal
Mail publicity describes this as 47p some illustrations show it as 47p
and some as 57p.
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2nd class - Old Harry Rocks, Studland Bay, Dorset, |
1st class - Wheal Coates (Tin Mine), St Agnes, Cornwall |
40p - Start Point & Start Bay, Devon, |
43p - Horton Down, Wiltshire |
47p or 57p - Chiselcombe, Exmoor, Somerset |
68p - St James's Stone, Lundy Island |
Technical details: .
The stamps are printed in gravure by De La Rue, perf 14.5, with PVA gum.
All images
are taken from Royal Mail's Philatelic
Bulletin and Postmark Bulletin, and are Copyright 2005
by Royal Mail.
Norvic Exclusive First Day Cover
As with previous British Journey sets we have produced an exclusive
FDC for this issue showing a map with a route linking the locations on
the stamps:
Norvic First Day Cover with set of 6 stamps, postmark W9429 or W9400 -
£6.35, mint set £3.75
Also available:
PO FDCs also available - price £4.60 - ask for details.
All prices exclude postage & packing. For orders and prices in
foreign currencies - please
email us.
Special postmarks available on the Day of Issue are shown here:
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| Ref FD503 Official Bureau postmark showing White Horse, Hackpen Hill, Wiltshire this is carved into a chalk hillside |
Ref FD504 The Lizard, Helston (Cornwall) |
Ref W9400 Penzance, Cornwall |
Ref M9397 Cornwall Road, Birmingham |
Ref W9399 Bristol Variable date postmark available 8 February-13 July |
Ref L9395 The National Trust, Stourhead, Warminster (Wiltshire) |
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| Ref W9427 Studland, Swanage, Dorset |
Ref W9425 St Agnes, Cornwall (Tin Mine) |
Ref W9429 Hallsands, Kingsbridge, Devon (Lighthouse) |
Ref W9428 Avebury, Marlborough (Stone Circle) |
Ref W9426 Lynmouth, Devon |
Ref W9430 Bideford, Devon MS Oldenburg to Lundy Island |
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Note: The map on L9406 is inaccurate: the counties of Somerset and Wiltshire are separated from the sea by Dorset, which is the location depicted on the 2nd class stamp. W9432 is not in South West England but is actually in Oxfordshire. L9407 depicts the Harbour light at Lynmouht in north Devon. |
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| Ref W9431 S W England, Penzance (Tin Mine) |
Ref L9407 Lynmouth Road, London N2 |
Ref L9406 Cornwall Road, London SE1 |
Ref W9432 Uffington White Horse, Faringdon |
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This page updated 9 February 2005
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