This 2017 10 stamp issue from Royal Mail celebrates British songbirds, from the familiar to some less well-known. The issue includes the Great Tit, Wren, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Skylark, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Nightingale, Cuckoo and Yellowhammer.
Our Gold 500 cover features the charming image of the Goldcrest and is bordered with an intricate 22 carat gold blocked design. The stamps bear a pictorial Goldcrest Close, Manchester handstamp. A Robin stamp from the 1966 British Birds issue completes the cover. Issued in a numbered limited edition of 500.
