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Christmas 2001
Red – the colour of Santa's suit, pillar boxes, post vans and the stout breast of a robin.
On Christmas cards, and in children's stories, robins are often messengers or postmen.
Britain's national bird, the robin, is our second most common wild bird species.
Inquisitive and territorial, robin's bright plumage and song mark them out in the garden.
No other bird has such as hold on the popular imagination, or such a link to Christmas.
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Technical Details
Number of stamps: five
Date of issue: 6 November 2001
Design: Arthur Robins
Typography: Howard Brown
Printer: De La Rue Security Print, High Wycombe HP13 5EZ
Processes: gravure
Stamp designs © Consignia plc 2001
Format: horizontal
Size: 37mm × 35mm
Die-cut: simulated perforations
Self-adhesive paper
Phosphor bars as appropriate
Cover design: Howard Brown
Illustrations: Arthur Robins
Design © Consignia plc 2001
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