Royal Mail Stamps-A Tribute to Pioneers of Industrial Revolution

Royal Mail on 10 March 2009 issued 8 stamps celebrating life and work of Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution.those extraordinary individual were:-

• Matthew Boulton                           Manufacturing  
• James Watt                                  Steam Engineering
•  Richard Arkwright                        Textiles
• Josiah Wedgwood                       Ceramics
• George Stephenson                     Railways
• Henry Maudslay                           Machine Making
• James Brindley                           Canal Engineering
•  John Mc Adam                           Road Building

  

Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution – Stamp by Stamp

Matthew Boulton – Manufacturing

James Watt – Steam Engineering

Richard Arkwright – Textiles

Josiah Wedgwood – Ceramics

Henry Maudslay – Machine

James Brindley- Canals

John McAdam – Road Building

George Stephenson – Railways

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Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution Stamps technical details

 Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution