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3 unusual facts about Definitive stamp


Arnold Machin

In 1966 the Queen approved Machin's similar design for an effigy of her to be used on what come to be known as the "Machin series" of British definitive postage stamps.

Definitive

Definitive stamp, a postage stamp that is part of a regular issue of a country's stamps available for sale by the postal service

Definitive stamp

Special stamps, such as the Christmas stamps issued annually by various countries, are sometimes regarded as definitives because they are not commemoratives, but they typically only include a limited range of denominations relating specifically to the mail seen on the occasion for which they are issued.


Art Deco stamps

In 2001, it issued two definitive stamps illustrated by Nancy Stahl depicting an Art Deco eagle on a mailbox (shown).

Columbian Issue

Queen Isabella's place on U.S. postage in that regard would not be equalled until Martha Washington was depicted on a 1902 definitive.

Distinguished Americans series

The Distinguished Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service which was started in 2000 with a 10¢ stamp depicting Joseph Stilwell.

Thierry Lamouche

Thierry Lamouche (born 12 July 1955 in Paris) is a French illustrator known for the design of the Marianne des Français series, the present French definitive stamp series.


see also

Castle series

Castle series stamps, two definitive stamp series issued in the United Kingdom

Marianne et l'Europe series

It was the first France's definitive stamp series to have all its denominations issued as self-adhesive in September 2008.

Thierry Lamouche

The definitive stamp series was issued January 2005 under the name Marianne des Français.