Groupe Eurotunnel SA Groupe Eurotunnel: Channel Tunnel Featured on a Stamp as Part of the Royal Mail "the Age of the Windsors...
February 03 2012 - 2:45AM
UK Regulatory
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Eurotunnel (Paris:GET) (LSE:GETS) is delighted that the Channel
Tunnel has been recognised in a Royal Mail commemorative stamp set
as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The "Kings and Queens" stamps series was introduced in 2008 and
has since then explored 600 years of the British Monarchy. It now
reaches a fitting conclusion with The House of Windsor set in the
year of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
The Channel Tunnel has been selected as one of only four stamps
to commemorate important milestones during the reign of the House
of Windsor which was issued yesterday, Thursday 2 February
2012.
The special commemorative Channel Tunnel stamp has a face value
of GBP1.00 and celebrates the historic linking of our two nations
in May 1994 when the Channel Tunnel first began operations.
Anglo-French partnership culminated in the outstanding
engineering feat that is the Channel Tunnel. In nearly 18 years,
Eurotunnel has carried 284 million people and 57 million vehicles
through the Tunnel, the fastest, most frequent and most
environmentally-friendly transport system across the Channel.
The other significant events during the reign of the House of
Windsor commemorated in this special edition of just four stamps
are Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1912, the Second World
War and England winning the 1966 Football World Cup.
Jacques Gounon, Chairman and Chief Executive of Eurotunnel,
stated, "It is a great honour for us to see the Channel Tunnel on a
British Stamp. This is recognition of the magnificent feat of
engineering that was the building of the Channel Tunnel and of the
enormous impact the Tunnel has had on travel and trade for the
United Kingdom over the past 18 years".
Groupe Eurotunnel
Media Enquiries
John Keefe, + 44 (0) 1303 284491
Consultant
press@eurotunnel.com
or
Investor Enquiries
Michael Schuller, +44 (0) 1303 288749
Michael.schuller@eurotunnel.com
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