Half Penny Post Office
Year One: RedYear Two: Gold
Year Three: Ochre
Year Four: Violet
Year One:
Red
Pimpernel Orange on a white face. Patrician in profile
opposite denomination. Central design of the Original Post
Office before restoration. Some subject to in line
perforations (coarse cut). The stamps first printed were hand
perforated and were about 1 mm smaller in print area than the stamps
subsequently produced in Holland.Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
Released: July 2004
Withdrawn: December 2005
Number released: 35 000 (10 000 of which were used on Waterstones covers).
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.20
Sheet of 20: £4.00
Year Two:
Gold
Gold on a white face. Central design is of the original Post Office
after restoration and bearing the motto Neither Rain nor Snow
Nor Gloom of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their Duty.Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
Released: December 2005
Withdrawn: April 2007
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 20: £5.00
Sport: Reversed Cabbages
Year
Three: Ochre
Ochre on a white face. Central design is of the original Post Office
after restoration and bearing the motto Neither Rain nor Snow Nor Gloom
of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their Duty.Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
Released: April 2007
Withdrawn: January 2008
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 25: £6.25
Year Four:
Violet
Shades of violet on a white face. Central design is of the
original Post Office after restoration and bearing the motto Neither
Rain nor Snow Nor Gloom of Night Can Stay These Messengers About Their
Duty.Dimensions: 33 mm x 20 mm
Released: January 2008
Withdrawn:
Original cost:
Individual stamp: £0.25
Sheet of 25: £6.25
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