Sunday, November 20, 2011

British Formula 1 World Champions


It's here , it's fresh , appealing and brightly-colored. Yes...Guernsey's British Formula 1 World Champions - part 2 of the “British F1 World Champions” stamp series, a four stamp souvenir sheet to commemorate the British F1 World Champions. The souvenir sheet contains 4 stamps, all has the portraits of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team F1 car. Other than the stamps the souvenir sheet has the images of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button - 2008 and 2009 British Formula 1 World Champions.

Lewis Hamilton is the youngest driver to win the Formula One champion title till date. Jenson Button equaled the records of Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark and Michael Schumacher by winning six out of 2009 seasons first seven races. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are the 9th and 10th Formula 1 champions from Britain.

Guernsey Post issued multiple products related to this issue such as “a set of four stamps” , “Limited edition souvenir folder” , “First day cover” , “Presentation pack” , “Sheets of 10” and “Souvenir sheet First day cover”.

Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.