Penny Patrician
- Unperforated Penny Patrician
- Penny Red
- Eminence Gris
- Penny Patrician: Year 1
- Penny Civic
- Red Nose Patrician
- Cabbage Civic
- Penny Patrician Campaign Book
- Penny Patrician: Year 2
- Penny Patrician: Year 3
- Penny Patrician: Year 4
Unperforated
Penny Patrician
Original Design of the Penny Black and the Gris: the Gris ending up
with more grey hair, the penny black with less. Unperforated,
distributed to the first 500 subscribers to the Stanley Howler Stamp
Journal.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: November 2004
Withdrawn: February 2004
Number released: 35 000 (10 000 of which were used on Waterstones covers).
Penny Red
Indian red in colour, this stamp was trialed by Teemer & Spools
but not adopted by the Post Office.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: November 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Eminence Gris
Early design of the Penny Patrician, hair is much greyer than the later
penny patrician version. Some variation seen in print quality
seen between different stamps.
Only found in LBEs.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: November 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
SHS-AM0002-Aw
Penny
Patrician: Year 1
Mostly Black showing the head of Lord Vetinari in profile.
Has a fine burelage to the background. Some subject to in
line perforations (coarse) cut.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: August 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 20: £5.00
Digital Print Patrician
Released in the fourth anniversary LBE. Print area is slightly smaller than the orginial Penny Patrician (SHS-RW0003-Am). Printing also tends to be darker than the original and crisper.Dimensions: 21 mm x 16.5 mm (print area)
Released: August 2008
Withdrawn:
Penny Civic
Easily recognizable because the paper is thinner (80gm) than the normal Penny's, and the printing process is one not used before. Cartouches (corner plates) bear the letters H-V & A-M.Only distrubuted in LBEs (packing frequency: One in 20)
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: April 2005
Sport: Twisted V
Due to the printing process used, one stamp on every sheet has a slight misprint in the VProof Sheet
250 proof sheets of the Civic were printed and sold exclusively to subscribers of the Stanley Howler Stamp Journal. Proof sheets were unperforated and are individually numbered.The sheets were sent in special archive grade sleeve together with a small card explaining how the stamps were produce and signed by The Cunning Artificer. In addition to this, the envelopes in which the proof sheets were sent had a special 'Ankh-Morpork Duty Paid April 2005' sticker on them.
Original cost: £30.00
Red
Nose Patrician
Special stamp offered to members of the stamp forum 11.3.05.
Offered in a lottery where the first 100 entrants who agreed to make at
least a £10 donation to
Comic Relief
(a UK charity for helping victims of poverty), would receive a special
red nose patrician.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: August 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Cabbage Civic
Bears the AM for Ankh-Morpork in the corner cartouches but, unlike the
ordinary penny civic, has two cabbages in the top cartouches.
Availalble with the third issue of the Stanley Howler Stamp
Journal.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: August 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Penny
Patrician Campaign Booklet
A booklet containing 6 stamps newly designed stamps as a Special
Military Issue. These stamps were printed and set into a
booklet bearing the title 'Ankh-Morpork Post Office SPECIAL MILITARY
ISSUE' Inside the front cover includes the inscription 'To our brave
sons of Ankh-Morpork These stamps will carry your thoughts to your
mothers and sweethearts who also serve at home May the Gods protect you
all Lady Sybil Ramkin' They were first issued at the 2005 CCDE which
had the theme of 'Monstrous Regiment'. There are six stamps to a
booklet, one of which is a sport. Cartouches (comer plates) bear the
letters A - M above being crossed sabres.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: August 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Original cost: £3.00
SHB-AM0001-Bn: Sport located top middle
SHB-AM0001-Cn: Sport located top right
SHB-AM0001-Dn: Sport located bottom left
SHB-AM0001-En: Sport located bottom middle
SHB-AM0001-Fn: Sport located bottom right
Some of these stamps were found individually in Dragon sanctuary envelopes and some people removed stamps from booklets to obtain individual stamps.
Sport: Upside down swords
One per booklet.
SHS-AM0028-Cw: Sword unperforated bottom
SHS-AM0028-Dw: Sword unperforated top and right
SHS-AM0028-Ew: Sword unperforated bottom and right
Penny
Patrician: Year 2
Mostly black showing the profile of Lord Havelock Vetinari. Has a fine
burelage with cartouche in each corner, three-squared divided box at
the top and the letters A and M at the bottom.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: 1 December 2005
Withdrawn: April 2007
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 20: £5.00
Sport: Clean Ear
The Patrician's ear is 'cleaner' than the normal
stamp.
Penny
Patrician: Year 3
Mostly black showing the profile of Lord Havelock Vetinari. Has a fine
burelage with cartouche in each corner, with an ankh at top left, a
Morpork owl at top right, and the letters A and M at the bottom.
A small number of these stamps were printed on the wrong side of the gummed paper.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: 15 April 2007
Withdrawn: 31 January 2008
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 25: £6.25
Sport: Mirror A
Also known as the 'Alice' sport. The A of postage is
mirrorer. Not located on the sheet.
Penny
Patrician: Year 4
Mostly black showing the profile of Lord Havelock Vetinari. Has a fine
burelage with stylised rose cartouche in each top corner and the
letters A and M at the bottom.
Dimensions: 20 mm x 25 mm
Released: January 2008
Withdrawn:
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 25: £6.25
Sport: Blooming Roses
Sport: Cartouches swapped
The cartouches from the top are swapped with the bottom.
Sport: Racing Stripes
Only found in May Meet 2008 LBE. The cap of the patrician has
racing stripes.
Sport: Blurred Identity
Only found in Discworld Convention 2008 LBE. The face of the
Patrician is blurred.
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