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John Fisher HMS DREADNOUGHT 1st Day Cover John Fisher HMS DREADNOUGHT Stamp.... On June 16, 1982, the Royal Mail of Great Britain issued a set of five stamps to commemorate British Maritime Heritage....Henry VIII's Mary Rose, Blake's Triumph, Lord Nelson's Victory, Lord Fisher's Dreadnought, and Viscount Cunningham's Warspite. Shown here is a genuine First Day Cover, an envelope with the new John Fisher-HMS Dreadnought Stamp cancelled from the city of issue (Portsmouth - current home of the Victory) on the first day of issue
captioned above. Note the beautiful cancellation featuring the Tudor
Rose, created expressly to cancel this set of stamps on their
'birthday.'
The full-color cachet (artwork on the envelope) features original artwork by artist Marjorie Saynor, who also designed the stamps, of H.M.S. Dreadnought,
the world's first all big-gun turbine-driven battleship, which, at a
stroke, rendered all previous construction obsolete. The caption below
reads, "John Fisher and H.M.S. Dreadnought - A 'floating fortress' was
wrought of the genius of Britain's John Fisher, First Lord of the
Admiralty." The company that produced this cover has also written a
brief commentary about Robert Blake and the glorious HMS Dreadnought,
which we've included. This cover has all the bells and whistles - a
splendid stamp, great original artwork on the cachet, and a beautiful
postmark.
Matted in blue, it's sized to fit a standard 8 x 10 picture frame. ***Certificate of Authenticity plus Commentary Included***
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