The royals may have moved forward and modernised, but some things never change. When it comes to commemorating a royal wedding, the traditional stamps, tea towels, and mugs are a must. Manufacturers of all three gifts love a royal wedding. Everyone wants a memento and this trio of methods hasn’t been bettered for decades. Collectors’ [...]
The arrival of the MV Windrush from Jamaica and Trinidad in 1948 was a landmark moment in British history. On board were 492 men invited to help Britain rebuild after the war. In the years to come, thousands of others from across the world would follow in their wake. The Windrush generation have been back [...]
It all began in 1934 when the Italian postal service issued a set of stamps to commemorate the country’s staging of the football World Cup. Some 84 years on, and with just a few weeks to the big kick off, this year’s host nation Russia is doing exactly the same. And, of course, they’re not [...]
Politicians and postage stamps There’s an old joke about sticking politicians’ faces on postage stamps – the problem is it can encourage people to spit on the wrong side. Not only that, there’s a reasonable chance that for every person who is happy to see the face of a particular party leader drop through their [...]
All life is presented on a stamp… Jimi Hendrix, Abbott and Costello, The Beatles, Mother Teresa, Otis Redding – when it comes to the famous and stamps it might be easier to compile a list of those celebrities who haven’t featured. No form of public art has so routinely celebrated the great and good of [...]