File:British Birds stamps (1966) - Stamp (Blue Tit).png

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Four (old) pence stamp of the ''British Birds'' Pictorial Issue, issued by the General Post Office.

Summary

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Description
English: Fourpence stamp of the "British Birds" pictorial series, issued by the General Post Office in 1966: this stamp shows a blue tit hanging upside down, eating a green caterpillar.
Date
Dimensions
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41 × 24 mm (1.61 × 0.94 in)
Source Scanned by Minoa from the original presentation pack with the Epson Perfection V600 (via VueScan), resolution 2,400 ppi.
Author John Norris Wood, for the General Post Office.
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 The stamp was subject to Crown Copyright until 31 December 2016: the artwork was published before 1 August 1989, and did not appear in any known previous works.
Image note
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This image was modified from the original to appear as an individual stamp, because the stamps from the presentation pack were unseparated: the changes were done out of necessity, and not by choice, because actually separating them would have undermined the principles of preservation.

Licensing

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Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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