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The cover is showing HM Queen Elizabeth II trooping the colour. The sheet consists of 11 Machins and a London 2010 label. This is the majority of the current (sheet) non self adhesives that will be on sale on the day of issue ( May 8th). This particular product will be produced by BFDC.
A nice mini sheet I think, my opinion though, a shame about the post marks they spoil it a little. I bet Ian will do better.
The covers will be £20.00 a pop (again) a bit on the expensive side for my taste, even though they (the covers) are limited to 50 numbered copies. The actual sheets (mint) retail at face value £5.05p if you purchase them via Royal Mail.
As a final thought, I am also pleased I no longer collect se-tenant pairs A total of 17 (vertical and horizontal pairs) on this sheet. I wont bother doing the math of how much it will cost, or how many sheets you will need to obtain them all.
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I didn't really understand the reference to £20. Are they really charging that? I did a bit of quick adding up in my head (so probably wrong!) of the face values and it seemed to come in at a bit more than £5. There are only 14 stamps and 5 of those are 10p or less. £20 would sound very steep.
I also didn't understand the reference to 50 numbered sheets???
50 per customer? They will presumably sell a lot more than 50 in total -- even at £20.
Btw, you would need 4 sheets for all 17 se-tenant pairs.
Ian, I was refering to the number of covers produced by Bradbury (BFDC)as limited to 50. Obviously RM will sell at lot more of these (millions) :-)
I have altered the text on the post slightly to make it more understandable.
Yes 4 sheets at £5.05p = £20.20p (not bad really)fo 17 pairs
Thanks for your input
Roy
Sorry ... I mean 11 stamps not 14. Spot the loony.
As the postmark uses the show logo it is probably the most relevant for this sheet. I knew it wouldn't be one that Brad had sponsored as he rarely does now!
There will be others, but this may be the best - there's nothing in the latest news from RM about the FDC for this, only the two KGV miniature sheets.
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