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By David Hartwig
Great Britain’s Royal Mail announced
details on the first eight issues of its 2025 commemorative stamp program.
A Jan. 14 issue celebrates the
British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, which ran the first of three series
starting in November 1994. In the show, the female vicar Geraldine Granger is
assigned to the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley after the Church of
England permits the ordination of women.
Geraldine Granger is played by Dawn
French, who appeared on a stamp (Scott 3389) from a 2015 Comedians issue with
fellow comedian Jennifer Saunders, who has also appeared on the show.
On Jan. 30, a stamp issue will
commemorate the United Kingdom’s Royal Armouries, the national museums housing
collections of arms and armor.
Royal Mail will celebrate the rock
band AC/DC Feb. 18. The group was formed in Australia in 1973, and 2025 marks
the 50th anniversary of its first two studio albums High Voltage and T.N.T.
A March 11 issue will showcase Garden
Wildlife, and an April 15 issue will highlight Myths and Legends. The latter
follows a 2024 coin range issued by Great Britain’s Royal Mint with the same
title.
Royal Mail gives the title of Valour
and Victory: Stories of the Second World War for a May 1 stamp issue.
On May 22, Royal Mail will celebrate
C.S. Lewis’ fantasy novel series for children, The Chronicles of Narnia.
The first novel in the series, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was
published in 1950, 75 years ago.
A 1998 Royal Mail stamp (Scott 1821)
commemorates The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and characters from
the novel series are illustrated on two stamps (2881 and 2882) in a 2011
Fictional Wizards and Magicians set.
Royal Mail honors the Royal
Observatory Greenwich with a June 12 issue. Situated on a hill overlooking the
River Thames in southeast London, the observatory was commissioned by King
Charles II 350 years ago in 1675.
Royal Mail celebrated the 300th
anniversary of the observatory on a 1975 stamp (Scott 742), and the observatory
appears on a stamp (1060) from a 1984 set marking the centenary of the
Greenwich Meridian.
Royal Mail says the full 2025 special
stamp calendar is coming soon. This program is tentative and subject to change.
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