For readers in the UK, or with access to UK television, a small item on BBC television about the design and production of the 2018 Christmas stamps.
"Inside the Christmas Factory" on BBC Two yesterday had a short making-of
feature for this year's Christmas stamps, including a behind-the-scenes
bit at ISP in Wolverhampton. You can find it here, but for a limited time only.
Here are some screen shots giving a flavour of the design, colour separation, division of master sheets, and perforation. Click on them to see larger versions.
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RMTV also have a video on Vimeo for the 2018 Christmas stamps
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Thank you - from this we can see that the reason the mixed-design counter sheets were all folded - it wasn't at the post office branch, or at the stores depot to prepare for sending to the branch, but right back at the printers!
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