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The new stamps issued by Royal Mail:


1st Class – Rincewind

1st Class – Rincewind

 

Rincewind is the central character in many of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels. A failed student at the Unseen University for wizards in Ankh-Morpork, he is reputed for being able to solve minor problems by turning them into major disasters.


1st Class – Nanny Ogg

1st Class – Nanny Ogg

 

Gytha Ogg is a witch from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. She is a member of the Lancre coven. Her singing voice, when echoed by a half filled bathtub, causes birds to fall from the sky and goat milk to turn into yoghurt while still in the goat.


1st Class – Dumbledore

1st Class – Dumbledore

 

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is the founder and leader of the "Order of the Phoenix", an organisation dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort. Sir Michael Gambon features on the stamp in character as Dumbledore, with imagery used from the film adaptation.


1st Class - Voldemort

1st Class - Voldemort

 

Lord Voldemort is the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by JK Rowling. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997 and then either in person or in flashbacks in each book in the series, except the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where he was only mentioned. Ralph Fiennes features on the stamp in character as Lord Voldemort, with imagery used from the film adaptation.


60p – Merlin

60p – Merlin

 

Merlin is a legendary wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures.


60p – Morgan le Fay

60p – Morgan le Fay

 

Morgan le Fay, alternatively known as Morgane, Morgaine, Morgana and other variants, is a powerful sorceress in the Arthurian legend. Early works featuring Morgan do not elaborate her character beyond her role as a fay or magician. She became much more prominent in the later cyclical prose works as an antagonist to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere.


97p – Aslan

97p – Aslan

 

Aslan, the "Great Lion", is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books. He is the only character to appear in all seven books of the series.


97p – The White Witch

97p – The White Witch

 

Jadis, commonly known during her rule of Narnia as the White Witch, is the main villain of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. She is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winter. Tilda Swinton features on the stamp in character as the White Witch, with imagery used from the film adaptation.

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Originally Posted by stonks:
Cheesebus how much is it to send a letter in the UK now?....

Oh its all complicated now, it depends on the size, weight, You just cant stick a stamp on now and hope it gets there
Nice stamps tho El
FM
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
Originally Posted by stonks:
Cheesebus how much is it to send a letter in the UK now?....

Oh its all complicated now, it depends on the size, weight, You just cant stick a stamp on now and hope it gets there
Nice stamps tho El
Indeed you can't!  They even have stamps for large and small envelopes now.
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Quite an interesting series of stamps El Loro....Is it true that we are the only nation that doesn't have the name of the country on it's stamps?  I think I heard that on a quiz the other day, but was only half listening, so may have got it wrong
Baz
Originally Posted by Baz:
Quite an interesting series of stamps El Loro....Is it true that we are the only nation that doesn't have the name of the country on it's stamps?  I think I heard that on a quiz the other day, but was only half listening, so may have got it wrong
I think that is right. There are a number of people who claim to have invented the postage stamp, but the UK, through Sir Rowland Hill, which introduced the first proper national mail service so didn't need to show which country on the stamp.
El Loro

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