UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

A British Journey.
Beachy Head, Sussex coast.
Second stamp in a set of 10, issued on 07.02.2006.
No face value: 1st Class.
Design: Phelan Barker Design Consultants.
Printed by De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke (England).
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2578.
- Michel No. 2276 (?).
- Scott No. 2344.
- StampWorld No. 2359.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2598.
- Unificato No. 2770.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2721.

Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex. It is situated close to Eastbourne within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land. The cliff rising to 162 m (531 ft) above sea level. In 1831, construction began on the Belle Tout Lighthouse on the next headland west from Beachy Head. Because mist and low clouds could hide the light of Belle Tout, it was decommissioned in 1902, after the Beachy Head Lighthouse had been built in the sea below Beachy Head as a replacement. The ashes of German social scientist and philosopher Friedrich Engels were scattered off the cliffs at Beachy Head into the Channel, as he had requested.

UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

A British Journey.
Start Point, Start Bay.
Third stamp in a set of 6, issued on 08.02.2005.
Face value: 40 British penny.
Design: Phelan Barker Design Consultants.
Printed by De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke (England). 
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2479.
- Michel No. 2276.
- Scott No. 2263.
- StampWorld No. 2261.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2514.
- Unificato No. 2657.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2618.

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams district in Devon, south-west England. Close to the most southerly point in the county, it marks the southern limit of Start Bay, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart. The rocks of the point are greenschist and mica-schist, formed by metamorphism of Devonian sediments during a period of mountain building towards the end of the Carboniferous period. As a result of the many shipwrecks in the area, Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to alert ships to the danger of the point and its surrounding rocks.

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.

UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

EUROPA Issue.
Humber Bridge, on Humber Estuary.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 25.05.1983.
Face value: 16 British penny.
Design: Michael Taylor.
Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 39,498,300 copies.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1057.
- Michel No. 953.
- Scott No. 1019.
- StampWorld No. 934.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1215.
- Unificato No. 1091.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1091.

The Humber Bridge, near Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a 2.22 km (7,300 ft; 1.38 mi) single-span road suspension bridge, which opened to traffic on June 24, 1981. Construction work had begun on July 27, 1972. Its width is 28.5 m (94 ft), and its height is 155.5 m (510 ft). The bridge spans the Humber (an estuary formed by the rivers Trent and Ouse), between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Hessle on the north bank, connecting the East Riding of Yorkshire with North Lincolnshire. The bridge was designed by Freeman Fox & Partners. The total cost of the work, including interest, was £151,000,000.

UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

National Trust for Scotland.
Lake District National Park. Derwentwater.
Second stamp in a set of 5, issued on 24.06.1981.
Face value: 18 British pence.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 18,498,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 964.
- Michel No. 880.
- Scott No. 946.
- StampWorld No. 861.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1156.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 997.

Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. It lies wholly within the Borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria. The lake lies immediately south of the town of Keswick. It is both fed and drained by the River Derwent. It measures approximately 4.8 km (3 mi) long by 1.6 km (1 mi) wide and is some  22 m (72 ft) deep. There are several islands within the lake, one of which is inhabited. Derwentwater gave its name to the Earldom of Derwentwater.