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96/137/1 Postage stamps (4), scientific achievements, paper, Royal Mail, United Kingdom, 1991
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Object statement
Postage stamps (4), scientific achievements, paper, Royal Mail, United Kingdom, 1991
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Printed in photogravure by Harrison & Sons Ltd. See information on stamp pack, object 96/137/3, photocopy on object file.

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Description
Postage stamps (4), scientific achievements, paper, Royal Mail, United Kingdom, 1991.
Four colour photogravure printed postage stamps: 1 x 22d stamp featuring Michael Faraday - Electricty. 1 x 22d Charles Babbage - Computer. 1 x 37d Frank Whittle - Jet Engine. 1 x 31d Robert Watson-Watt - Radar.

Designed: Till, Peter; Great Britain

Designed: Harwood, John; Great Britain

Made: Harrison & Sons Ltd; Great Britain; 1991

Made: Royal Mail; Great Britain; 1991
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
96/137/1
Height
41 mm
Width
38 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1996

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Faraday, Michael
+ Babbage, Charles
+ Whittle, Frank
+ Watson-Watt, Robert
+ Philately
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/149421 |title=96/137/1 Postage stamps (4), scientific achievements, paper, Royal Mail, United Kingdom, 1991 |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=24 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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