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22 May 2025 - The Chronicles Of Narnia, 75th anniversary of the publication of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis - 8 stamps (2 se-tenant strips each of 4 different stamps), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 self-adhesive stamps with attached labels depicting more illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Designed by Supple Studio using illustrations by Keith Robinson (stamps) or by Pauline Baynes (miniature sheet) and lithographed Cartor by and perforated 14.5 x 14 (stamps) or 14.5 (miniature shee).
Rating:-*****. A lovely issue, beautifully illustrated, commemorating a children’s book full of adventure written at a time when it was fun to be a child and when lots of children - even some girls (!) - loved to collect postage stamps. Lost innocence. See Blog 2716.
Cost of set - £13.60, miniature sheet £6.80 and ‘collectors sheet’ £18.20 - no chance of a schoolboy being able to afford that lot, I fear. Lost innocence indeed.
A shame that RM can and does release some wonderful stamps. This and last year's 200th anniversary of dinosaurs being described were great. But each release being £15-20 is just ridiculous.
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