tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post8109066558282880969..comments2024-03-27T15:49:28.147+00:00Comments on Commonwealth Stamps Opinion: 1987. 🇫🇰 Boaty MacBoatface - Er, Sorry, RRS Sir Richard Attenborough Depicted On New Falklands Miniature Sheet.White Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-65378403853023607002021-12-02T09:20:16.092+00:002021-12-02T09:20:16.092+00:00I thought the criteria for Music Giants would be a...I thought the criteria for Music Giants would be a) internationally known b) 50 plus years of recordings c) still active today. So Bonnie Tyler will be about 2025 and possibly up against Kate Bush.<br /><br />Of course, if you discount the length of career then Adele is the obvious candidate...NBLondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322553149519309420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-62204536976545092692021-12-01T21:31:22.903+00:002021-12-01T21:31:22.903+00:00Well, I must agree that all sounds very interestin...Well, I must agree that all sounds very interesting. As regards the favourite stamps designs, who can resist the seal from The Wild Coasts set? but my favourite issue was The War of The Roses set with its wonderful historical art.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-13323744578541499602021-12-01T20:31:46.252+00:002021-12-01T20:31:46.252+00:00"packed with drivel relating to the banal sub..."packed with drivel relating to the banal subjects now featured on Royal Mail stamps"<br /><br />Not this time - in the absence of any new stamps to write about the articles are:<br /><br />- The Penny Black and the Victorian Media (incl Fake News) - 8pp<br />- Lost Mail in the Firth of Tay (1871) - 8pp<br />- William Muir the illustrator, with only a passing reference to illustrated envelopes - 4pp<br />- Sark - 3pp<br /><br />And the inserted Voting for your favourite stamps shows 147 face-different stamps, with only one definitive. I'm hard put to find a favourite, but from the design aspect it would probably be an Industrial Revolutions stamp.Ian - Norvichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16436130277706268046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-10542972988398097332021-12-01T16:39:43.750+00:002021-12-01T16:39:43.750+00:00You are of course right that many of the big names...You are of course right that many of the big names are English men and that people should be chosen due to achievements, but it is just strange to notice that there are sets like the recent Rugby issue which frantically created a parity of genders and regions while here is a series where no one cares at all. Bonnie Tyler I just mentioned, as I personally like many of her songs, but also because she is a Welsh woman and her songs are still enjoyed by younger generations (with Holding Out For A Hero leading the way). And to be fair Paul McCartney without the rest of the Beatles is also not such a big Music Giant. I agree however that a set about Classic Music would be better than anything else.dustin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/12015554128978899257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-70313838142914055972021-12-01T16:14:29.718+00:002021-12-01T16:14:29.718+00:00To be fair dustin15 the really big names in 1960s ...To be fair dustin15 the really big names in 1960s popular music were mainly men and mainly English. I recall there was Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield but in those early years it was generally men who had the big ‘hits’ and who generally might be viewed as modern ‘Music giants’. I don’t hold the view that people should be honoured on a nation’s postage stamp to address a gender or racial imbalance and I’m not sure that Bonnie Tyler is quite up there in the pantheon of modern British music deities. And one wonders when the greatest British musical giants of previous ages will receive philatelic commemoration - Elgar, Tallis, Handel, Holst, Byrd, Brittan etc (yes, I know several of them have had single stamps acknowledging their greatness but their philatelic commemoration has so far been trivial compared with the likes of the Beatles and their ilk).White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-73655335748538895462021-12-01T15:14:52.303+00:002021-12-01T15:14:52.303+00:00So after Elton John, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, ...So after Elton John, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and Queen the Rolling Stones are the next Music Giants. If I looked it up correctly all of them are men and nearly all are from England. Hopefully they will come up with a Bonnie Tyler set soon to compensate the inequality at least a bit.dustin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/12015554128978899257noreply@blogger.com