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Defintive 2000 £5 High Value (view technical specs)
£5 high value stamp depicting the Moorish castle in Gibraltar engraved by CZ Slania. Czeslaw Slania (22 October 1921 - 17 March 2005) was an accomplished postage stamp and banknote engraver. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Slania was the most prolific of all stamp engravers, with over 1000 stamps to his credit.
The Queen's head on this stamp is printed in optically variable ink which changes colour from gold to green when viewed from different angles.
Technical Specs
Design: | Czelaw Slania |
Illustration / Photography: | GPBL |
Printer: | Photo stamp Printing Office, Belgium |
Process: | Recess |
Colours: | multicoloured |
Stamp size: | 30 x 40mm |
Issue date: | 2000-09-15 |
Stamp Values: | £5 |