The oldest wooden church in the world

On June 21, 1972, a series of five stamps was issued with the theme: British Architecture. Images of village churches in England were chosen for this series. The designer of the series was Ronald Maddox. For the 3 Pence stamp, a drawing was made of the Church of Saint Andrew in the village of Greensted, near the market town of Chipping Ongar. The church dates from the Anglo-Saxon period and is considered the oldest surviving wooden church in the world. The church was constructed using thick oak planks and beams, and tests have shown that the oldest beams date back to the year 845 AD. However, most of the wood dates from the 11th century. The choir section of the church was built of stone in the Tudor style during the reign of King Henry VII, while the wooden tower was added in the early 17th century.  The roof was fitted with slate in the Victorian era, but it is assumed that this roof was originally covered with thatch and that dormer windows did not yet exist at that time. Next to the church lies the grave of an archer who participated in the Crusades. The three photos were taken by a student from Oxford, Kelly Kilpatrick, who went on a study trip to England in 2010. He took the photos for his project assignment on objects from the Anglo-Saxon period. And this church fit in perfectly. The stamp was printed using photogravure, with Queen Elizabeth's head rendered in gold and relief. The stamp featured two phosphor bands. A minor plate error occurs on a sheet printed with cylinder 2A, specifically on the second row of the sheet, stamp number 9. In this instance, a small section of one of the black horizontal lines of the Tower is missing. A shift also occurs in the red color by the person in the doorway, causing a white line to become visible where the red color should meet the door frame. Never thought the oldest wooden church in the world would be found so close to London!