2016 seems to be a year of commemorations and celebrations what with the centenary of The Great War and Shakespeare’s 400th birthday anniversary and it also happens to be the centenary of Agatha Christie writing her very first detective story – The Mysterious Affair at Styles. To mark the occasion, the Royal Mail have issued [...]
The UK’s largest stamp exhibition takes place in September from the 14th to 17th September. Taking place at The Business Design Centre (BDC) in Islington, London, it is the 60th anniversary of the exhibition and to mark the occasion, two UK music legends are being celebrated. Thanks to the The Postal Museum and Smithsonian’s National [...]
2016 is the year when we mark the 100th anniversary of the Imperial Trans-Antarctica Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. The Isle of Man have used this occasion to introduce a limited miniature sheet. This sheet consists of two 175p post stamps. One of them is depicting Henry Worsley, an adventurer who experienced the same [...]
Shakespeare is renowned as being the most famous and celebrated writer of all time. His work is studied and praised all over the world and although he died exactly 400 years ago, his work today is as popular as it ever has been. So, in light of all the other celebrations that are taking place [...]
At the start of the year we saw the brand new limited edition cover that was issued to celebrate the beginning of the Queen’s 90th Birthday year. Queen Elizabeth II has now surpassed Queen Victoria to become our Longest Reigning Monarch and this limited edition commemorative cover featured Royal Mail’s official Crown Jewels stamps, hand-stamped [...]