UK 25p - Channel Tunnel Opening - 1994UK 25p - Channel Tunnel Opening - 1994
This stamp features British Lion and French Cock - the first fixed link between Britain and France is the fulfilment of a dream whisch has obsessed a host of engineers for more than two centuries . To mark this significant milestone The Royal Mail and La Poste have worked together to produce an attractive set of se-tenant pairs of stamps. UK stamps designed by George Hardie and the French stamps designed by Jean-Paul Cousin, embodying perspectives of each other's national characteristics the stamps highlight how the Channel Tunnel may help to enrich mutual understanding and neighbourliness between two proud, historic nations.
3 May 1994
See also
picture #1005,
picture #1006,
picture #1011Picture added on 03 May 2010 at 13:45
