500 years ago the world lost one of its greatest painters, sculptors, architects, designers, engineers and supreme draughstmen, Leonardo da Vinci, who left a creative legacy of unequalled breadth and brilliance. The twelve 1st class commemoratives in this issue feature a selection of his drawings from the collection acquired by King Charles II in about 1670 and housed in Windsor Castle.
The BLCS 2500 cover features a statue of the great man flanked by a pair of drawings and quotations together with a The National Gallery, London WC2N handstamp.
