However, despite the fact that Admiral Nelson's victory was over his French and Spanish adversaries, Cartor Security Print in France was appointed to print the stamps, which depict battle scenes.
A spokesman for the Royal Mail said that the company, which is an arm of the UK-based Walsall Print Group, was chosen for reasons of time and the unusual format size of the stamps, which measure 60x21mm.
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