Thursday, 30 April 2015
What's a MacKennal? Gustamps explains.
Gustamps are often asked some unusual philatelic questions. One visitor to Gustamps shop in Brighton asked Gustamps what a MacKennal was. Gustamps answer was Bertram MacKennal was a stamp designer who, together with G.W.Eve, designed the first King George V stamps of the UK. Gustamps said the stamps designed by him are called MacKennals by philatelists. Gustamps added in the same way stamps designed by Dorothy Wilding in the 1950s are called Wildings. Current definitive stamps on sale at the Post Office are called Machins named after Arnold Machin the stamp designer. Gustamps welcome questions about stamp collecting if you have any questions for Gustamps then get in touch with Gustamps now. Gustamps will be pleased to hear from you.
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