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Art in the 20th Century
First stamp
FAMILY GROUP, 1947
Bronze, height 40 cm
(© Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham)
HENRY MOORE
Second stamp
KEW GARDENS (detail), 1936
Lithograph after linocut, 101.4 × 63.4 cm
(Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford)
EDWARD BAWDEN
Third stamp
ST FRANCIS & THE BIRDS, 1935
Oil on canvas, 71 × 61 cm
(Trustees of the Tate Gallery, London)
STANLEY SPENCER
Fourth stamp
STILL LIFE, ODYSSEY I, 1947
Oil on canvas, 69 × 56 cm
(The British Council, London)
BEN NICHOLSON
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Technical Details
Number of stamps: FOUR
Date of issue: 11 MAY 1993
Design: ASHTED DASTOR FSCD. FSTD.
Printer: HARRISON & SONS LIMITED, UNITED KINGDOM
Process: PHOTOGRAVURE
Stamp designs © ROYAL MAIL 1993
Format: HORIZONTAL
Size: 37mm × 35mm
Perforations: 14½ × 14
Number per sheet: 100
Paper: UNWATERMARKED PHOSPHOR-COATED
Gum: PVA DEXTRIN
Cover design: ASHTED DASTOR FSCD. FSTD.
Text: TIM SHACKLETON
Acknowledgement for Stanley Spencer work reproduced on stamp: © ESTATE OF STANLEY SPENCER, 1993. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DACS
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