The stamp collection will feature Watt’s rotative steam engine; the Penydarren locomotive; Spinning Jenny; Lombe’s silk mill, and Portland cement.
Royal Mail is also releasing a miniature sheet of stamps that depict advances of the 'Electric Revolution' and the harnessing of electricity. Among them include the transatlantic cable and the Deptford power station.
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“The advances made in the Industrial and Electric Revolutions significantly transformed industrial practices across the globe,” said David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal Mail.
Gold added that the collection of stamps pay tribute to “some of the innovative and ground-breaking ideas and inventions that originated in Great Britain and changed the world”.
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