CPS Resource CentreThree stamps in the Royal Mail March 10th 2009 Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution issue contain distinctive background maps. The stamps, shown below, feature portraits of James Brindley, master canal builder, John McAdam, a Scottish engineer who pioneered the building of hard-surface roads and Matthew Boulton, engineer and craftsman who invented labor-saving tools […]
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United Kingdom 2009-01-13 A single First Class rate stamp featuring the Harry Beck designed “London Underground Map” was featured as part of the British Design Classics, issued by Royal Mail on January 13, 2009. The first “Tube” map was designed in 1931 by Beck, an Underground employee, with the concept being based on […] |
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