Stamp Show 2000

The Royal Mail celebrated the Stamp Show 2000 with three miniature sheets.

Miniature stamp sheet

On 22 May 2000 a miniature sheet was issued featuring eight stamps illustrating the colour palette of designer Jeffrey Matthews. The Jeffrey Matthews Colour Palette was started in 1984 in order to return stamps to the original concept of a light tone for the Queen's head on a solid background.
This sheet comprises of eight stamps in colors from his palette: 4p, 5p, 6p, 10p, 31p, 39p, 64p, and £ 1.00 and two pictorial labels. The upper pictorial label features the shield and crest of the Post Office while the lower is a visual pun of the Jeffrey Matthews palette showing the eight colors of the definitive stamps along with the JM-monogram.
The miniature sheet is printed by De La Rue Security Print.

Jeffrey Matthews

Jeffrey Matthews began his career in the late 1940s and is one of Britain's leading graphic designers. His earliest commission for the Post Office dates from 1959 and his first adopted design was issued in 1965 commemorating the 20th anniversary of the United Nations.
In conjunction with his wife who worked under the pseudonym Charity Boxhall, he has worked on a large range of philatelic products.
Apart from significant work on the Country's range of definitives he has made a particular contribution to the design of special stamps on royal and heraldic themes including, the 1984 'Heraldry' issue, and the 1998 'The Queen's Beasts'. One of his most important designs was for the 'Penny Black' definitives of 1990, which celebrated the 150th anniversary of the world's first adhesive postage stamp.

Coronation miniature sheet

On the second day of the Stamp Show a miniature sheet featuring a Queen Elizabeth II Coronation stamp and four Millennium definitives was issued. The Stamp Show 2000 Miniature Sheet features a panel on the right hand side with two first class Millennium definitives above a 1953 £1.00 Coronation Stamp above two more first class Millennium definitives. A Royal cipher from a pillar box is shown on the left hand side with the Stamp Show 2000 logo.
This issue was designed by Delaney Design Consultants and printed by De La Rue Security Print.

Third Millennium Retail Book

On 26 May 2000, during the Stamp Show 2000, a special retail book was issued. The book consists of two separate panes of stamps. The first pane comprises eight First Class definitive stamps while the second pane consists of two First Class Millennium special stamps, 'National Space Centre, Leicester', which first appeared in January's 'Above and Beyond' issue and 'Web of Life' form April's 'Life and Earth' issue.
The special stamps are se-tennant with all around selvedge on a 95mm x 50mm pane. The retail book and all the stamps are printed in gravure by Walsall Security Print.

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