This issue celebrates the excellence of British Engineering over the past 50 years. The six stamps - two 1st class NVI, two at £1.45 and two at £1.55 - feature examples of ground-breaking British civil, electrical, biomedical and chemical engineering from micro-computing to the London Crossrail.
The prestigious Gold 500 cover features the Falkirk rotating boat lift connecting the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland - the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world. The image is framed with a 22ct gold-blocked design and the cover bears a striking Falkirk pictorial handstamp. Numbered limited edition of 500.