Description: This magnificent pre-decimal horizontal pair represents a lower margin selvage piece from Great Britain’s second annual Christmas commemorative issue. The primary vignette reproduces Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's classic 17th-century masterpiece Madonna and Child, displaying the Virgin Mary swathed in a deep teal mantle while balancing the infant Christ. At the upper right, Queen Elizabeth II's iconic profile silhouette is subtly embossed into a shimmering gold leaf block. The lower border isolates the fine art credit and printer labels flanking a bold, gold-foiled "4d" denomination tablet, with the bottom margins displaying part of the specialized press plate cylinder sequence number.
Circa: 1967
Condition: Mint Pair with lower Selvage and Sequence number.
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