Six of the eight illustrations were created in-house at the consultancy - the World Wide Web stamp was an interpretation of a science library image, while Fibre Optics was a collaboration between GBH and Gecko Animation. “We created a realistic 3D model, where we were able to move light by bending the light source,” Bonner says.
Alongside the special stamps, post across the country will be stamped with “Inventive Britain” postmarks from 20-28 February, which will include messages dedicated to one of the inventions.