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Unsung Heroes: Women of World War II Miniature Sheet
Catalogue code
MZ175
Four stamps celebrating the ‘Spitfire Women’ – the brave Ferry Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
Two First Class and two £1.85 stamps are set within a 1940 photograph of the first eight women to join the service.
A superb souvenir saluting a groundbreaking group of women, with four stamps celebrating the brave Ferry Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary – the ‘Spitfire Women’.
Features Two First Class and two £1.85 stamps set within a 1940 photograph of the first eight women to join the ATA.
First Class | Pilots Meet In Their Ferry Pool Briefing Room
First Class | Pilot Climbing Into The Cockpit Of A Supermarine Spitfire
£1.85 | Pilot Completing Her Post-Flight Paperwork In A Lockheed Hudson
£1.85 | Pilots of the No 5 Ferry Pool Disembarking From An Avro Anson
Stamp specifications
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Stamp format |
Landscape |
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Stamp size |
41mm x 30mm |
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Printer |
International Security Printers |
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Print process |
Lithography |
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Perforations |
14.5 x 14 |
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Phosphor |
Bars as appropriate |
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Gum |
PVA |