UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

Birth Bicentenary of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Royal Albert Bridge over River Tamar.
First stamp in a minisheet of 6, issued on 23.02.2006.
Face value: 1st Class (no face value).
Design: Hat-Trick.
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 60 x 21 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2588.
- Michel No. 2385.
- Scott No. 2353.
- StampWorld No. 2368.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2607.
- Unificato No. 2779.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2731.

The Royal Albert Bridge is a railway bridge which spans the River Tamar in England between Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. Its unique design consists of two 138.7 m (455 ft) lenticular iron trusses 30.5 m (100 ft) above the water, with conventional plate-girder approach spans. This gives it a total length of 666.8 m (2,187.5 ft). The bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying started in 1848 and construction commenced in 1854. The first main span was positioned in 1857 and the completed bridge was opened by Prince Albert on May 2, 1859, two days before the railway was opened to the public.