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Summary

Meccano Centennial poster and stamp issued in 2001 to celebrate one hundred years of Meccano. It shows the famous Meccano blocksetting crane with a portrait of Frank Hornby, Meccano's inventor. It was designed by Michael Adler, founder of the International Society of Meccanomen, with art work by Doug Harris.

Source: http://www.internationalmeccanomen.org.uk/GI/Commstamp/commemstamp.html

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:01, 13 January 2018		385 × 258 (22 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	06:25, 29 November 2011	No thumbnail	400 × 269 (90 KB)	Bruce1ee (talk \| contribs)

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