Country Pictorial Definitives Recent Sheet Printings

   

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Page Updated to 30th Aug 2022

General Notes

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) codes are allocated on a company by company basis. The four current printers hold the following FSC codes :-

 
Company
FSC Code
 
Cartor
C100572
 
Walsall
C023216

International Security Printers was the group name that included both Cartor and Walsall until 2021. In late 2021 the group was rebranded under the name Cartor Security Printers. When Royal Mail quote either name, the FSC code needs to be referred to in order to determine the printer in the group that actually printed the product.


ENGLAND Country Pictorial Definitive stamps with QR Code (2D Barcode) - Self Adhesive

Oak Tree
Three Lions
Lion & Shield
Value Colour   Source
Grid
Print Date* Stamp Date*
£1.85 Oak Tree   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
25/04/22
14/04/22
             
2nd Three Lions   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
25/04/22
13/04/22
             
1st Lion & Shield   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
25/04/22
12/04/22
             
  * The 'Print Date' is the date of the Litho Plate. The 'Stamp Date' is the date the reel was converted into counter sheets and the ink jet QR Code (2D Barcode) printed.
  These are printed with the revised 'ROYAL MAIL' wavyline text in substrate (SBP2). As the stamps are printed sideways, the wavyline text behind the stamps appears vertically in respect of the stamps.

NORTHERN IRELAND Country Pictorial Definitive stamps with QR Code (2D Barcode) - Self Adhesive

Linen
Causeway
Patchwork Fields
Value Colour   Source
Grid
Print Date* Stamp Date*
£1.85 Linen   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
28/04/22
29/04/22
             
2nd Giant's Causeway   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
28/04/22
28/04/22
             
1st Patchwork Fields   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
28/04/22
27/04/22
             
  * The 'Print Date' is the date of the Litho Plate. The 'Stamp Date' is the date the reel was converted into counter sheets and the ink jet QR Code (2D Barcode) printed.
  These are printed with the revised 'ROYAL MAIL' wavyline text in substrate (SBP2). As the stamps are printed sideways, the wavyline text behind the stamps appears vertically in respect of the stamps.

SCOTLAND Country Pictorial Definitive stamps with QR Code (2D Barcode) - Self Adhesive

Thistle
Saltire
Lion Rampant
Value Colour   Source
Grid
Print Date* Stamp Date*
£1.85 Thistle   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
26/04/22
21/04/22
             
2nd Saltire   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
26/04/22
20/04/22
             
1st Lion Rampant   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
26/04/22
19/04/22
             
  * The 'Print Date' is the date of the Litho Plate. The 'Stamp Date' is the date the reel was converted into counter sheets and the ink jet QR Code (2D Barcode) printed.
  These are printed with the revised 'ROYAL MAIL' wavyline text in substrate (SBP2). As the stamps are printed sideways, the wavyline text behind the stamps appears vertically in respect of the stamps.


WALES Country Pictorial Definitive stamps with QR Code (2D Barcode) - Self Adhesive

Daffodil
Leek
Dragon
Value Colour   Source
Grid
Print Date* Stamp Date*
£1.85 Daffodil   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
27/04/22
26/04/22
             
2nd Leek   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
27/04/22
25/04/22
             
1st Dragon   Ex Pl. C1 x4 phC1
27/04/22
22/04/22
             
  * The 'Print Date' is the date of the Litho Plate. The 'Stamp Date' is the date the reel was converted into counter sheets and the ink jet QR Code (2D Barcode) printed.
  These are printed with the revised 'ROYAL MAIL' wavyline text in substrate (SBP2). As the stamps are printed sideways, the wavyline text behind the stamps appears vertically in respect of the stamps.

When FDC's are produced for new issues, its normally the case that 'special coil' printing are prepared in order to automated the production of the FDC's. In the case of the Wales 1st NVI, the typeface selected for the 'AF' is sans serif and so is different from that used for the sheet issues. This anomaly only occurs on the Wales 1st NVI.

ex Sheet - 'AF' in serif
ex FDC - 'AF' sans serif



2022 Printings with stamps having QR code (2D Barcode) - on Self Adhesive paper.


Twelve values for the Country Pictorial definitive series were issued on 11th August 2022. These follow on from the Machin issues earlier in the year and exhibit QR code (2D Barcodes). The primary sheet had 4 panes of 25 with four grid positions.

Note : The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) codes on all the counter sheets is C023216 which is the code assigned to Walsall.


The QR Code (2D Barcode)

The QR Code can be obtained by scanning the code (for mobile phone/tablet users 'Apps' are available to download). The QR Code is unique for each individual stamp giving a datastring, the first 37 characters of which are broken down into the following fields:-

Characters Field Name Value
1-4 UPU Id JGB
5 Product type S
6 Version 1
7 Stamp Type  
8 Stamp Class  
9 Container 4 - counter sheets of 25
10-16 Supply Chain Id 1017031
17-24 Item Id unique stamp number
25-29 Postage Tariff 999.99
30-35 Date ddmmyy
36-37 Campaign 03 - England; 04 - Wales;
05 - Scotland; 06 - N.Ireland



 
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