The UK Postal Service has announced that this years Great Britons special stamp issue will
comprise of ten 1st Class values commemorating photographer Norman
Parkinson, actress Vivien Leigh, actor Peter Cushing, David Lloyd George
the Liberal politician and Prime Minister, writer Elizabeth David, John
Archer who was the first Briton of Afro-Caribbean origin to hold a UK
public office, composer Benjamin Britten, archaeologist and
anthropologist Mary Leakey, legendary Liverpool FC manager Bill Shankly
and, finally, the BBC broadcaster Richard Dimbleby.
Peter Cushing's stamp is also available as a Peter Cushing Centenary issue too. These are limited to only 1,000 and are available from 'British First Day Covers' at this link: HERE
