GB 2013 Football Heroes I

• Issue Date : 9th May 2013
• Designed by : True North, from illustrations by Andrew Kinsman of British footballers wearing national shirt (Banks in goalkeeper’s golden jersey) contemporary with their international career, except Bobby Robson in 1982 shirt
• Printed by : Cartor SA, France (eleven gummed stamps, miniature sheet, stamps from Prestige booklet) or Walsall (£3.60 self-adhesive booklets)
• Print process : Offset Lithography, or gravure (£3.60 self-adhesive booklet)
• Sheet Format: 30 (6 x 5) or (5 x 6)
• Stamp Size : 30mm x 32mm (footballer stamps) or small definitive format (Machins, country stamps)
• Perforations : 14.5 x 14.25, or die-cut perf 14.5 x 14.2 (self-adhesives in Prestige Booklet), die-cut perf 14.5 x 14.25 (stamps in £3.60 self-adhesive booklet)
• Paper : All-over phosphor, or two phosphor bands (Machins)
• Withdrawn: 9th May 2014. (Except 2nd Self Adhesive Booklet which was withdrawn on 20th February 2015)

Sheet Stamps

Stamps were printed together, se-tenant, as horizontal strips of six stamps (1-5) and (6-11) as horizontal strips of five stamps, in sheets of 30 (6×5) or Sheets of 30 (5 x 6).

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1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
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First Day Covers

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Presentation Pack

Pack

Miniature Sheet

• Sheet size : height 74mm x width 192mm

miniature sheet (11 values)

Miniature Sheet First Day Cover

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Barcode Booklet No.1

• Containing George Best and Bobby Moore stamps, and 4 x 1st Machins, booklet initially sold for £3.60
• Designs as sheet stamps above but with the following differences
• Printed by : Walsall
• Print process : Photogravure
• Perforations : Die-cut 14.5 x 14.25
• Gum: Self Adhesive
• 1st Class = 60p

1st ~ Bobby Moore, England (with illustrated surround)
1st ~ George Best, Northern Ireland (with illustrated surround)
1st ~ 4 copies ~ Machin definitive, in red. Security code M13L / MCIL (matrix surround removed)

Retail self-adhesive booklet of six (£3.60)

Contains 4 Machins + 2 Football Legends

Self Adhesive Stamps - Football Legends No.1

George Best -1st self-adhesive

Bobby Moore - 1st self-adhesive

Booklet First Day Cover

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Barcode Booklet No.2

• Additional Booklet Issued: 20th February 2014
• Containing John Charles and Dave Mackay stamps plus 4 x 1st Machins, booklet initially sold for £3.60
• Designs as sheet stamps above but with the following differences
• Printed by : Walsall
• Print process : Photogravure
• Perforations : Die-cut 14.5 x 14.25
• Gum: Self Adhesive
• 1st Class = 60p

1st ~ John Charles, Wales (with illustrated surround)
1st ~ Dave Mackay, Scotland (with illustrated surround)
1st ~ 4 copies ~ Machin definitive, in red. Security code M13L / MCIL (matrix surround removed)

Retail self-adhesive booklet of six (£3.60)

Contains 4 Machins + 2 Football Legends

Self Adhesive Stamps - Football Legends No.2

1st self-adhesive John Charles

1st self-adhesive Dave Mackay

Booklet First Day Cover

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Prestige Booklet (Wrapped)

• Note Booklet was sealed in a Plastic Wrapper

Prestige Booklet sold for £11.11p

Prestige Booklet

Prestige Booklet sold for £11.11p

Prestige Booklet Panes

Pane 1

Pane 2

Pane 3

Pane 4

Booklet contains text and illustrations on panes and interleaving pages. Stitched. Sold at £11.11p

• panes 2 and 3 are facing each other (ie, pane 2 is bound in by right edge)

• Pane 1: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland country stamps and 2 x 1p, 2 x 1st class red Machin definitives
• Pane 2: Five footballers stamps:- Jimmy Greaves, John Charles, Kevin Keegan, Denis Law, Bobby Moore.
• Pane 3: Six footballers stamps:- Gordon Banks, George Best, John Barnes, Bryan Robson, Dave MacKay, and Bobby Charlton.
• Pane 4: Machin definitives - 2 each 2p, 5p, 10p