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All eight Special Stamps feature within a beautifully presented, fact-packed souvenir.
Discover more about the noble rivalries and brutal battles that shaped four decades of civil wars.
The Presentation Park includes all eight Special Stamps with artist Graham Turner’s paintings.
This beautifully presented, fact-packed collectible recalls events between 1455 and 1487, when England was torn apart by a series of violent struggles for the throne.
Historian and researcher Dr David Grummitt writes about the series of bloody battles known as the Wars of the Roses.
A timeline features a summary of each conflict depicted on the stamps.
Two Second Class, two First Class, two £1.70 and two £2.55 stamps presented as four horizontal se-tenant pairs.
Second Class - Battle of Bosworth, 1485
Second Class - Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471
First Class - Battle of Barnet, 1471
First Class - Battle of Edgecote Moor, 1469
£1.70 - Battle of Towton, 1461
£1.70 - Battle of Wakefield, 1460
£2.55 - Battle of Northampton, 1460
£2.55 - First Battle of St Albans, 1455
Stamp format |
Landscape |
Stamp size |
50mm x 30mm |
Illustrations |
Graham Turner |
Design |
Royal Mail Group Limited |
Printer |
International Security Printers |
Print process |
Lithography |
Perforations |
14 x 14 |
Phosphor |
Bars as appropriate |
Gum |
PVA |