Great Britain issued this set of four stamps featuring British Cars on 13th October 1982. Here is the full set, mint unhinged, and in tidy clean condition.

The cars shown are:

15.5p ... Austin 7, and Metro.

19.5p ... Ford "Model T" & Escort.

26p ... Jaguar "SS 1" & "SJ 6".

29p ... Rolls Royce "Silver Ghost" & "Silver Spirit".

SG 1198 - 1201.

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The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost refers both to a car model and to one specific car from that series.

Originally named the "40/50 h.p." the chassis was first made at Royce's Manchester works, with production moving to Derby in July 1908, and also, between 1921 and 1926, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Chassis no. 60551, registered AX 201, was the car that was originally given the name "Silver Ghost." Other 40/50 hp cars were also given names, but the Silver Ghost title was taken up by the press, and soon all 40/50s were called by the name, a fact not officially recognised by Rolls-Royce until 1925, when the Phantom range was launched.

The Silver Ghost was the origin of Rolls-Royce's claim of making the "Best car in the world" – a phrase coined not by themselves, but by the prestigious publication Autocar in 1907.

The Ford Model T (known as the Tin Lizzie, or T) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from September 1908 to October 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American. The Ford Model T was named the world's most influential car of the 20th century in an international poll.

The Model T was the first automobile mass produced on moving assembly lines with completely interchangeable parts, marketed to the middle class.

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