Today (24 August), Royal Mail has released a set of 10 special edition stamps, featuring the nation’s favourite fictional bear, Paddington. The stamps celebrate the 65th anniversary of the character, when he first hit the children’s literary scene in 1958 with writer Michael Wood’s A Bear Called Paddington. “Michael Bond …

The iconic Paddington Bear is being immortalised in a new set of ten Royal Mail stamps. Beloved of millions of adults and children alike, Paddington is the marmalade loving bear from Peru and the creation of writer Michael Bond who died in 2017 at the age of 91. He was …

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Special stamps are being issued to celebrate 65 years of marmalade-loving bear Paddington. Six stamps in the main set are taken from Ivor …

Six stamps in the main set are taken from Ivor Wood’s strip cartoons of Paddington, which were originally published in the London Evening News paper in the late 1970s as the character became a star of the small screen. Working with the animation company FilmFair, Wood designed and directed the …

The marmalade-loving bear will feature on six postal stamps taken from Ivor Wood’s strip cartoons. These were originally published in the London Evening News in the late 1970s just as the character was becoming a star on television. Wood worked closely with animation company FilmFair when designing and directing Paddington’s …

Special stamps are being issued to celebrate 65 years of marmalade-loving bear Paddington. Six stamps in the main set are taken from Ivor Wood’s strip cartoons of Paddington, which were originally published in the London Evening News paper in the late 1970s as the character became a star of the …

Using the Royal Mail app, customers can now set up a safe place delivery preference for all future parcel deliveries. This enables customers receiving parcels to tell their postie where to leave their parcels when they are not in and the item doesn’t fit through the letterbox. The safe place …