The striking and colourful Brilliant Bugs stamps are issued in three vertical se-tenant pairs: 1st class - Common Carder Bee and Painted Lady Butterfly; £1.63 - Longhorn Beetle and Elephant Hawk Moth and £1.68 - Marmalade Hoverfly and Ruby-tailed Wasp.
The Gold 500 cover features the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in all its glory in an image framed by an intricate 22ct gold-blocked design together with a special 'Brilliant Bugs' pictorial cachet. The Stratford-Upon-Avon Painted Lady pictorial handstamp is for the location of the UK's largest Butterfly Farm. Numbered Limited Edition of 500.
