| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | From a set of 4 stamps The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound. |
| Face value | 43 Pence |
| Catalog code (Michel) | GB 1695 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | GB 1757 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier GB 1960 Stanley Gibbons GB 1983 AFA number GB 1863 Unificato GB 1949 |
| Series | Europa, Stories & Legends |
| Place in series | 4 |
| Stamp colour | Multicoloured |
| Watermark | None |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Issue date | 13/05/1997 |
| Designer | Ian Pollack |
| Paper type | 2 phosphor bands |
| Print technique | Photogravure |
| Printed by | Walsall Security Printers |
| Perforation | comb 14 x 14¾ |
| Height | 40.00 mm |
| Width | 30.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | Used stamp $1.40 Unused stamp $1.70 |
