Description: This postal piece was commissioned by Great Britain’s Royal Mail as part of its monumental Millennium Series. Named "New Worlds," the design features a licensed contemporary oil painting by the renowned British abstract painter Sir Howard Hodgkin. The artwork utilizes sweeping, emotional brushstrokes to create a rich landscape, transitioning from deep crimson at the bottom, through radiant orange and yellow, into a textured turquoise and purple expanse at the top. A subtle gold silhouette of Queen Elizabeth II anchors the top left corner, while vertical white typography text along the right side reads "Millennium 1999 / New Worlds / Hodgkin".
Circa: 1999
Condition: MNH
Notes:
This item belongs to "The Artist’s Tale" set, which served as the twelfth and final installment of the iconic 1999 Royal Mail Millennium collection celebrating British cultural achievements. Sir Howard Hodgkin, a Turner Prize winner, was specifically chosen to represent the zenith of contemporary British visual arts.