| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Not until 25th January, 1966 did the British postal authorities commemorate Burns, this being the 170th anniversary of his death. The stamp design is based on Skirving's chalk drawing (4d value) Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a "light" Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt. |
| Face value | 4 Penny |
| Catalog code (Michel) | GB 408x |
| Catalog code (Scott) | GB 444 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier GB 421 Stanley Gibbons GB 685 AFA number GB 402 Unificato GB 421 |
| Series | Robert Burns Commemoration |
| Place in series | 1 |
| Stamp colour | Blue, Black & Dark Slate |
| Watermark | St. Edward's Crown Multiple |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 77.905.176 |
| Issue date | 19/09/1966 |
| Designer | Huntly |
| Paper type | chalk-surfaced |
| Print technique | photogravure |
| Printed by | Harrison and Son Ltd |
| Perforation | 14 1/2 x 14 |
| Height | 24.00 mm |
| Width | 41.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | Used stamp $0.20 Unused stamp $0.20 |
