Anping
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Post by Anping on Apr 17, 2017 17:08:38 GMT
I don't know if anyone bothered with commemorating the end of the old millennium; I certainly didn't. But I spotted this a few weeks ago and thought it a very attractive design, which is fairly typical of A.G. Bradbury's efforts: |
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Post by Anping on Apr 17, 2017 22:06:40 GMT
I've just found this 'Millennium Timekeeper' miniature sheet related to the same issue. This one though has the Earl's Court Stamp Show overprint: |
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Post by Anping on Sept 26, 2017 22:20:39 GMT
I've just obtained a few more items related to the 'Millennium Timekeeper' issue of 2000. The first is another first day cover which incorporates a last day cancel of 1999: Here's the detail of the last day cancel:  And the detail of the first day cancel:  |
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Post by Anping on Sept 27, 2017 10:28:17 GMT
Here's a large, nicely produced commemorative booklet: Booklet front cover:  Booklet back cover:  One of the booklet inserts with embossed date:  A millennium edition of the Timekeeper miniature sheet:  |
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Anping
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Post by Anping on Oct 4, 2017 20:42:35 GMT
This I found with the Millennium booklet; a plastic wallet which was used as an entry pass into the Stamp Show 2000: Inside was yet another Millennium Timekeeper miniature sheet, with the Stamp Show 2000 imprint: |
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Post by daveg28 on Oct 12, 2017 12:46:58 GMT
Thanks for sharing! I rather like this issue. I'll have to watch for this sheet for my collection. I like that initial cover in this thread as well.
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