Royal Mail is celebrating the 50 years of commemorative postage stamps by documenting every single one of the sets on a special website. Even the non-philatelist can browse the 2,663 special stamps, the first of which was issued in July 1965 when postmaster general Tony Benn introduced the programme. More: …
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Plymouth Herald Plymouth event commemorated in new Royal Mail online galleryPlymouth HeraldAN historic Plymouth event has been commemorated by the Royal Mail to mark 50 years of its special stamp programme. A 1988 stamp of the English fleet leaving Plymouth has made it into the top 10 South West special …
Read More »Stamps honouring Biddulph Grange and Ceramica museum in Royal Mail online … – Stoke Sentinel
Stoke Sentinel Stamps honouring Biddulph Grange and Ceramica museum in Royal Mail online …Stoke SentinelStamps celebrating Biddulph Grange and the former Ceramica museum in Burlsem have been re-released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail's Special Stamp programme. The 1983 stamp, celebrating the gardens at Biddulph Grange and …
Read More »Five decades of special stamps show how Wales has left its mark on the Royal … – WalesOnline
WalesOnline Five decades of special stamps show how Wales has left its mark on the Royal…WalesOnlineAs part of the programme to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Special Stamp programme, Royal Mail today launches an online gallery of every special stamp issued since July 1965, which includes images of the …
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Two special edition Royal Mail stamps celebrating places in North Staffordshire have been reissued. Stamps celebrating Biddulph Grange and the former Ceramica museum in Burlsem have been re-released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail's Special Stamp programme. The 1983 stamp, celebrating the gardens at Biddulph Grange and …
Read More »Royal Mail reveals top South West stamps to celebrate 50th anniversary of scheme
SOME of the most iconic people and places of the South West will be celebrated in the activities commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Special Stamps programme, Royal Mail has announced. More: continued here
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Read More »Stamps celebrating Biddulph Grange and Ceramica museum reissued by Royal Mail
Two special edition Royal Mail stamps celebrating places in North Staffordshire have been reissued. Stamps celebrating Biddulph Grange and the former Ceramica museum in Burlsem have been re-released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Royal Mail's Special Stamp programme. The 1983 stamp, celebrating the gardens at Biddulph Grange and …
Read More »Royal Mail celebrates 50th anniversary of its special stamps series
Tony Benn introduced changes to the the programme in 1965, with the first special issue featuring an image of Sir Winston Churchill. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Mail marks 50th anniversary of special stamps, with many featuring … – The Journal
The Journal Royal Mail marks 50th anniversary of special stamps, with many featuring …The JournalNow these images and thousands more have been collected on put online by the Royal Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of the Special Stamp programme, a project launched by the then Postmaster General Tony Benn …
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