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GREAT BRITAIN

Issued on: May 26, 2000.-
2 Values Perforated
Type: Sheetlet (x values illustrated)
Printing method: offset
Width (mm): 97
Height (mm): 48

Description : Left stamp: first issued 18 Jan 2000 as 26p stamp.
Details: 26p `National Space Centre`.
Visitors to the Space Centre in Leicester will be able to view the far reaches of the universe beneath the skies of a high-tech planetarium. Photo by Image Telegraph.

Right stamp: first issued 4 April 2000, as `1st` class.
Details: 1st class* `Web of Life`, London Zoo
The leaf-cutter ants shown here are typical of what can be seen at London Zoo`s Millennium Conservation Centre, described as `Britain`s most sophisticated barn`. In this glass pavillion with an environmentally-friendly heating and cooling system, magnified screens show visitors a close-up view of the Micrarium.
Photo by Tony Stone Images

The sheetlet of 2 stamps comes from a booklet which also contains a pane of 8 x 1st class definitive stamps. The booklet was issued 26 May 2000.

information provided by : Ian Billings

Values information :
10100 GBR 1    1st night sky
10100 GBR 2    1st leaf-cutter ants

Yvert  : 2186
Michel : MH-Blatt 239 (1858+1872)
Scott  : 1938a

SPACE REVUE : 06 - 2001

Keyword(s) : #Animal Wildlife, #Flora.

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