2006 GB - SG2685 - Poppy 1st from Lest We Forget frm MS2685 MNH

Single Poppy on Barbed Wire Stem 1st Class with surrounding margin from Miniature Sheet - Issued 09 Nov 2006 - MS 2685.

Unmounted Mint

Commemorating the Battle of the Somme which ended 90 years ago this November. Well over a million lives were lost in the battle in 1916 which was the most costly and lengthy battle in British history. This remembrance day issue marks the end of the fighting.

MS2685: Miniature Sheet from which the sale item is sourced.