New issues.
🇬🇧 Royal Mail -
9 March 2023 - Centenary of the Flying Scotsman train engine - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and I Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including one containing Machin Head definitives (3 x 20p and £2) and sold for £20.05p. Designed by Steers McGiven Eves and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14. Rating:- ****.
🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -
23 February 2023 - ‘Stamp for Ireland’, the Book of Kells - 2 stamps. Designed by Red & Grey and lithographed by Enschedé and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.
🇳🇦 Namibia Post -
17 February 2023 - Namibia Pangolin Working Group, 3 stamps. Designed by Helge Denker. Rating:- *****.
Hello WK do you have any sizes for the Flying Scotsman issue please? And format if possible? Thank you
ReplyDeleteHello petemk, regrettably I can not quote the dimensions to you though I would have expected them to be the same as previous stamps in the same formats.
DeleteJust when I think the Machins are done.
ReplyDeleteIt’s never all over till the fat lady sings.
DeleteThe Flying Scotsman is what I liked about British stamps from the 1970s to 1990s. Well designed and celebrating Britishness. (Yes I know they are just photos with text, but the reason for issue is clear, the designs are uncluttered, and the layout is done well).
ReplyDeleteI also note the choice of Gill Sans as the font for stamps and prestige booklet is perfect as it near as old as the Flying Scotsman. (although this is potentially coincidental).
It's such a shame that the Flying Scotsman "poster" designs won't be seen on regular mail; they are far more impactful than the designs based on photographs.
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