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Scotland: A British Journey

This is my country,
The land that begat me.
These windy spaces
Are surely my own
And those who here toil
In the sweat of their faces
Are flesh of my flesh
And bone of my bone.

FROM 'SCOTLAND'
BY ALEXANDER GRAY
1882-1968

Technical Details

Number of stamps: six
Date of issue: 15 July 2003
Design: Phelan Barker Design Consultants
Photography: Loch Assynt, Ben More, Rothiemurchus, Papa Little: Colin Baxter Photography Ltd; Dalveen Pass: Gary Smith © Collections; Glenfinnan Viaduct: Peter Jordan © Network Photographers Ltd
Printer: De La Rue Security Print, Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7QU
Process: gravure
Stamp designs © Royal Mail Group plc 2003
Format: square
Size: 35mm × 35mm
Perforations: 14.5 × 14.5
Number per sheet: 50
Phosphor bars as appropriate
Gum: PVA
Cover design: Howard Brown
Illustration: Marion Deuchars
Poem courtesy of the estate of Sir Alexander Gray
Calligraphy: Peter Horridge
Cover design © Royal Mail Group plc 2003
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