GB 2015 Winter Fur and Feathers. Post & Go labels

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue date : 9th July 2014
  • four basic pictorial designs
  • Designed by : Osborne Ross (basic labels)
  • Printed by: International Security Printers
  • Print process : offset lithography
  • labelformat height 25mm x width 55mm
  • Perforations : die-cut 14.25 x 14.25

Winter Fur and Feathers. Pictorial Post & Go Labels

  • self-adhesive pictorial labels dispensed by self-service machines in selected British postal outlets, Post Offices, and certain Museums
  • machines would issue the denomination (label for a specific postal rate) requested by customer, and take payment, as single design or as strips of four designs. Machine prints the denomination, and

source doding details automatically, by thermography

  • a philatelic set of four Winter Fur and Feathers designs was also available from philatelic outlets

in a Pack; these labels had denomination and machine source coding (C002) preprinted in black

Post & Go Labels (mint)


† ~ mountain hare (in its white, winter coat)
† ~ red fox
† ~ redwing, in tree with berries
† ~ red squirrel

mountain hare
red fox
redwing
red squirrel
  • images are of the philatelic release. The '2nd' labels have repeating ‘wavy line’ background inscription ‘2ND CLASS’ in blue, an innovation from this issue; The '1st' labels have repeating 'wavy line' background 'ROYAL MAIL' in grey-blue

First Day Cover

FDC Winter Fur and Feathers

Pack (from Philatelic Bureau)

Winter Fur and Feathers Pack (obverse)
Winter Fur and Feathers Pack (reverse)