2019 GB - DY28 - Leonardo Da Vinci - 500 Years Prestige Book

£32.90

DY28 [DB5(80)] 500th Anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete Prestige Stamp Book.
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Shows the Head of the Madonna on the front cover and the Head of St Anne on the reverse. The book briefly explores the various facets of Leonardo da Vinci – his drawings, the materials he used, his paintings, his sculptures and his work as an anatomist. It also includes a short biography and examples of his finest works.

Issued 13.02.2019

Contains four stamp panes including all twelve Special Stamps as well as a pane of Machin (Definitive) stamps with a Da Vinci Portrait label in the centre.

Prestige Stamp Book panes:

Pane 1 - 3: Commemorative - contains the main stamp issue of 12 stamps.
Pane 4: contains four 10p and two each of 5p and £1.55 Machin Definitive Stamps with a central label. Normal PVA water-activated gum.
Despite being released in 2019, the Machins have M18L + MPIL overprint codes with no security slits.

All Panes are printed in Lithography by International Security Printers (Cartor).