The Stamp Show 2000

The "Matthews Palette" stamp miniature sheet produced for Stamp Show 2000.

The Stamp Show 2000 was an international stamp exhibition held 22-28th May 2000 at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London.[1]

The show included the first personalized stamp sheets from the British Post Office, now generally known as Smilers sheets.[2] Another innovation was the "Matthews Palette" miniature sheet which was produced specifically for the show. The sheet featured stamps in colours drawn from the palette that designer Jeffery Matthews had produced in 1984 for Royal Mail, in order to return British definitive stamps to Arnold Machin's original idea of a light tone for the Queen's head against a solid background.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Philatelic Exhibitions Holdings National Philatelic Society, 30 March 2007. Archived here.
  2. ↑ Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue. Stanley Gibbons Publications. 2009. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-85259-708-8.
  3. ↑ Stamp Show 2000 gbmachins.co.uk, 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014. Archived here.
  4. ↑ In The Spotlight Larry Rosenblum and David Alderfer interview Stamp Designer Jeffery Matthews, MBE, FCSD, FRSA. Great Britain Collectors Club, 15 November 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2014. Archived here.

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