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SG# ZP1(a) // 1 December 1969
Stamps for Cooks
The booklet's front cover shows
Baked, Stuffed Haddock.
The booklet containing stamps with
a total face value of £2.40 was sold at post offices for £1. The difference of £1.40 was sponsored by the »Milk Marketing Board«.
Apart from the stamps the booklet contains twelve recipes.
ZP1 stapled bookbinding - AMV 387 €
ZP1a stitched bookbinding - AMV 8 € |
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SG# DX1 // 24 May 1972
The Story of Wedgwood (Volume I)
Josiah Wedgwood FRS
(* 1730, † 1795) English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company
The booklet's front cover shows
»The Dancing Hours« (in Jaspers, 1775), Josiah Wedgwood FRS (ceramic portrait), Ruby »Whitehall« bone china
The ½p left band stamp showing
full perforation - AMV 39 €, trimmed perforation - AMV 17 € |
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SG# DX2 // 16 April 1980 The Story of Wedgwood (Volume II)
The booklet's front cover shows a
painting by George Stubbs (* 1724, † 1806) »Josiah Wedgwood and his Family« 
AMV 5 €
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SG# DX3 // 19 May 1982
The Story of Stanley Gibbons
Edward Stanley Gibbons
(* 1840, † 1913) English philatelist and founder of »Stanley Gibbons Ltd« in 1856. 
mint - used
The company is specialised in
publishing stamp catalogues and retailing of collectable postage stamps, albums and other related products.
AMV 6 €
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(inscribed "February 1982")
Booklet exists with
overprint
»ANPEX '82, Brisbane«.
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(inscribed "February 1982")
Booklet exists with
overprint
»AUSIPEX '84, Melbourne«.
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SG# DX4 // 14 September 1983
The Story of the Royal Mint
The booklet's front cover shows
coins and its manufacturing tools. 
The Royal Mint was established in 886,
over 1,000 years ago!
AMV 6 €
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SG# DX5 // 4 September 1984
The Story of our Christian Heritage
The booklet's front cover shows
a mosaic of Christ from Hinton St. Mary Roman villa. 
FDO postmark - Canterbury
The mosaic was discovered in 1963
at excavations in the English county of Dorset and dates from the early fourth century.
AMV 18 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »AUSIPEX '84, Melbourne«. |
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SG# DX6 // 8 January 1985
The Story of »The Times«
Commemorating 200 years of
»The Times« newspaper.
The booklet's front cover shows
a painting by Robert Haydon
(* 1786, † 1846) »Waiting for The Times«:
In Regency coffee houses you
queued impatiently for the latest news of Napoleon or the Reform Act in the only oracle.
The famous London daily newspaper
was founded by the English book printer John Walter (* 1738/39, † 1812), first published on 1 January 1785.
AMV 12 €
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SG# DX7 // 18 March 1986
The Story of British Rail The Steel Wheel on the Steel Rail
The booklet's front cover shows
wheels of a diesel locomotive.
»British Rail« was established on
1 January 1948 after nationalisation of the »Big Four« British railway companies (GWR, LMS, LNER, SR).
AMV 13 €
British Rail Corporate Logo |
Booklet exists with overprints »AMERIPEX '86, Chicago« and »STAMPEX '86, Adelaide«. |
Booklet exists with overprints »CAPEX '87, Toronto« and »HAFNIA '87, Danmark«. |
SG# DX8 // 3 March 1987
The Story of P&O 1837 - 1987
Commemorating 150 years of the
»Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company«.
The booklet's front cover shows
the P&O passenger and cargo liner »William Fawcett« in 1838.
In August 1837 Richard Bourne,
a Dublin shipowner, signed the first commercial contract for carrying mails by sea.
AMV 12 €
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SG# DX9 // 9 February 1988
The Story of the »Financial Times« 1888 - 1988
Commemorating 100 years of the
leading British daily newspaper with a special emphasis on international business and economic news.
The »Financial Times (FT)« was founded
by James Sheridan and first published on 9 January 1888. In 1893, the FT began to use salmon pink newsprint that made it immediately distinguishable from its competitors. In 1945 the FT merged with its last British rival, the
»Financial News«, founded in 1884.
AMV 26 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »FINLANDIA '88, Helsinki«. |
Booklet exists with overprint »WORLD STAMP EXPO '89, New York«. |
SG# DX10 // 21 March 1989
The Scots Connection
The booklet's front cover shows the
cantilever railway bridge crossing the »Firth of Forth« nine miles west of Edinburgh's city center. The bridge was opened on 4 March 1890.
Scotland became part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May 1707.
AMV 13 €
Flag of Scotland |
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Booklet exists with stamped commemorative
cachet
on the back cover.
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SG# DX11 // 20 March 1990 London Life
The booklet's front cover shows soldiers
of the »Life Guard« cavalry regiment, active since 21 May 1922 with roots dating back to 1660.
AMV 16 €
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SG# DX12 // 19 March 1991
Alias Agatha Christie
»The Mousetrap«
A detective story, written by the English crime novelist Agatha Christie, and the world's longest running play since its premiere on 25 November 1952 in London's West End. 
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
(née Miller, * 1890, DBE 1971, † 1976), pen names Mary Westmacott and Agatha Christie.
AMV 11 €
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SG# DX13 // 25 February 1992
Cymru - Wales
The booklet's front cover shows
the mountain ranges of Snowdonia [Eryri] in northern Wales.
Wales became a full part of the
Kingdom of England by the »Laws in Wales Acts« of 1535 and 1542.
AMV 11 €
Flag of Wales |
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SG# DX14 // 27 October 1992
Tolkien The Centenary 1892- 1992 
Birth Centenary of
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (* 1892, CBE 1972, † 1973) renowned author of »The Hobbit« (1937), »The Lord of the Rings« (Triology, 1938/49) and »The Silmarillion«.
AMV 11 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »HONG KONG '94 STAMP EXHIBITION«.
Although inscribed £6.00 on the cover the booklet was sold for £5.64, the total face value of the stamps.
Royal Mail could not enforce an intended surcharge of 36p for the PSBs.
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SG# DX15 // 10 August 1993
The Story of Beatrix Potter (Volume 1 of 2  )
Centenary of a letter that was to
become the most famous of all children's books »The Tale of Peter Rabbit« sent to the five-year-old Noel Moore on 4 September 1893 and written by Helen Beatrix Potter (*1866, † 1943), English children's author and illustrator 
The booklet also commemorates the
50th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's death on 22 December 1943.
AMV 12 €
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SG# DX16 // 26 July 1994
Northern Ireland Tuaisceart Éireann Norlin Airlann
The booklet's front cover shows
the »Mussenden Temple« (County Londonderry), the »Giant's Causeway« (County Antrim), the »Giant's Ring« (County Down)
Northern Ireland became offical part of Great Britain in 1921 by an
act
of the British Parliament.
In the late 1960s the Northern Ireland conflict, »The Troubles«, began which lasted over three decades.
AMV 13 €
(Unofficial) Flag of Northern Ireland |
In addition to the postage valued at £5.69 in four stamp panes, there are two picture postcards
depicting the »Giant's Causeway«, one of which is pre-paid at the 35p airmail rate. |
Booklet exists with overprint »Singapore '95«. |
SG# DX17 // 25 April 1995
The National Trust One hundred years of conservation
The booklet's front cover shows
contemporary photos of hikers in the Lake District.
Celebrating the centenary of the National Trust for »Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty« in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust does not operate in Scotland, where there is an independent National Trust for Scotland.
Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke D. Rawnsley, two seasoned reformers and a vicar from northwest England, established the trust, which took possession of its first property, Dinas Oleu {Fortress of Light}, located in Gwynedd county in northwest Wales, on the 29th of March 1895.
AMV 12 €
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SG# DX18 // 14 May 1996
European Football Championship '96 
Football Comes Home
The UEFA Euro 96 took place in
England from 8 - 30 June. The winner was Germany.
AMV 10 €
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SG# DX19 // 23 September 1997
Celebrating 75 Years of the BBC 
The British Broadcasting Corporation
was established under a Royal Charter on the 18th of October 1922.
John Charles Walsham Reith,
1st Baron Reith, KT GCVO GBE CB TD PC, (* 1889 in Scotland, † 1971)
He was appointed BBC's
General Manager in December 1922, Managing Director in 1923 and Director-General of the BBC in 1927. He was in office until 1938.
AMV 10 €
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SG# DX20 // 10 March 1998
The Wildings Definitives
Her Majesty's stamps
celebrated by Royal Mail (Volume I)
The three
symbols
on the book cover
(top left) show QE II Machin portrait, the St. Edward's crown, and Roman numerals I/II signifying that this is the first of three booklets in the series.
Dorothy Frances Edith Wilding,
English society photographer (* 1893, † 1976)
Between 1952 and 1971 a series of GB
definitive postage stamps were featuring her photographic portrait of QE II. 
AMV 14 €
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SG# DX21 // 13 October 1998
Breaking Barriers A Century of Great British Speed Records
Sir Malcolm Campbell,
English racing motorist (* 1885, † 1948)
He gained the world speed record on
land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called »Blue Bird«. 
The infinity symbol 
often used
on spreed record breaking crafts.
AMV 19 €
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SG# DX22 // 16 February 1999
Profile on Print
Her Majesty's stamps
celebrated by Royal Mail (Volume II)
The three
symbols
on the book cover
(top left) show QE II Machin portrait, the St. Edward's crown, and Roman numerals II/III signifying that this is the second of three booklets in the series.
AMV 26 €
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SG# DX23 // 21 September 1999
World Changers A Tale of British Scientific Genius 
Edward Jenner's development
of smallpox vaccine, Michael Faraday's work on electricity, Charles Darwin's theory on evolution, Alan Turing's work on computers
AMV 16 €
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SG# DX24 // 15 February 2000
Special by Design
Her Majesty's stamps
celebrated by Royal Mail (Volume III)
The three
symbols
on the book cover
(top left) show QE II Machin portrait, the St. Edward's crown, and Roman numerals III/III signifying that this is the third of three booklets in the series.
AMV 23 €
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SG# DX25 // 04 August 2000
The Life of the Century
A poem for
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by Andrew Motion
Celebrating the
Queen Mother's 100th Birthday (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, * 4 August 1900, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK)
AMV 19 €
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SG# DX26 // 18 September 2000
A Treasury of Trees
The booklet's front cover shows
the shapes of various tree species 
AMV 20 €
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SG# DX27 // 21 October 2001
Unseen and Unheard
Centenary of Royal Navy
Submarine Service
The Royal Navy launched its first submarine HMS Holland 1 on 2 October 1901, sea trials began in April 1902, decommissioned on 5 November 1913. On display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England.
AMV 21 €
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SG# DX28 // 6 February 2002
A Gracious Accession
Golden Jubilee of
HM Queen Elizabeth II. (Volume I)
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. took place on 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey, London, and was the first ever being broadcasted on TV.
AMV 23 €
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SG# DX29 // 24 September 2002
Across the Universe
The booklet's front cover shows the
»Halley's Comet«. 
Constellation »Gemini«
AMV 23 €
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SG# DX30 // 23 February 2003
Microcosmos
A Guide to Inner Space
50th Anniversary of Discovery of DNA 
AMV 24 €
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SG# DX31 // 02 June 2003
A Perfect Coronation
Golden Jubilee of
HM Queen Elizabeth II. (Volume II)
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. took place on 2 June 1953 in Westminster Abbey, London, and was the first ever being broadcasted on TV.
AMV 39 €
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SG# DX32 // 16 March 2004
Letters by Night 
A Tribute to the Travelling Post Office (TPO) in Britain. The first TPO carriage ran on 20 January 1838, the last train on the night of 9 January 2004.
AMV 18 €
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SG# DX33 // 25 May 2004
The Glory of the Garden
Bicentenary celebration of the
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) 
Sharing the best in Gardening
The RHS was founded on 7 March 1804
at John Hatchard's bookstore, Piccadilly, London, Royal charter was granted by Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1861, number of RHS members 414,699 (2013).
AMV 23 €
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SG# DX34 // 24 February 2005
The Brontë Sisters 150th Death Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte (* 1816, † 1855)
Emily (* 1818, † 1848) Anne (* 1820, † 1849)
Poems by
»Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell« volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters in 1846 under their male pennames
AMV 16 €
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SG# DX35 // 18 October 2005
Bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar Sea battle at Cape Trafalgar, South Spain French-Spanish Armada vs Royal Navy on 21 October 1805
Death of Nelson
Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson (* 1758, † 1805, Cape Trafalgar) Commander of the English fleet 
"England expects that every
man will do his duty"
AMV 16 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »WASHINGTON 2006, World Philatelic Exhibition«. |
SG# DX36 // 23 February 2006
200th Birth Anniversary of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (* 9 Apr 1806, † 15 Sep 1859)
Civil and mechanical engineer who constructed railways, locomotives, ships, numerous bridges and tunnels.
The booklet's front cover
shows a plaque of the »Clifton Suspension Bridge«.
The bridge, opened to the public in December 1864 as toll bridge, spans the picturesque gorge of the River Avon and is the symbol of the city of Bristol, North Somerset, England.
AMV 20 €
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SG# DX37 // 21 September 2006
150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross 1856 - 2006
Britain's highest award for gallantry
Victoria Cross (until 1918 blue riband for naval forces)
The VC was introduced on 29 Jan 1856 by Queen Victoria (* 1819, r. 1837, † 1901) to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War (1853 - 1856).
AMV 20 €
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The booklet was printed in
vertical format
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Beginning with Prestige Stamp Book »World of Invention« [DX38], issued in March 2007, the
back cover
carries the Royal Mail logo on a regular base.
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Printed in gravure by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printer
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SG# DX38 // 1 March 2007
World of Invention Technology to change our lives 
The booklet's front cover shows
an extract from John Urpeth Rastrick's 
(* 1780, † 1856) notebook: hand-written calculations, remarks, and drawings about the distance from the earth to the moon
AMV 20 €
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SG# DX39 // 5 June 2007
The Machin The Making of a Masterpiece
40th Anniversary of the
Machin Definitives
£ 1.00 ruby Machin definitive Anniversary issue 
Anniversary postmark
AMV 19 €
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Printed in gravure by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printer
The booklet's front cover shows the
famous portrait
of QE II
Machin Head of QE II
created by Arnold Machin (* 1911, † 1999) and since 5 June 1967 depicted on Royal Mail's definitive postage stamps. |
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SG# DX40 // 20 September 2007
British Army Uniforms (First volume in a series of three)
The booklet's front cover shows a
variety of soldiers in the uniforms they might have worn at the beginning of the »Crimean War« in 1853 
AMV 22 €
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Beginning with Prestige Stamp Book »James Bond« [DX41], issued in January 2008, Royal Mail
prints a
barcode
on the
back cover
of the stamp book.
Bar
Code
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SG# DX41 // 8 January 2008
James Bond First [second] edition
Birth Centenary of
Ian Lancaster Fleming
(* 1908, † 1964), Scottish author and creator of the fictional character of the MI6 agent »James Bond«, hero of his world-famous spy novel series 
AMV 20 €
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Printed in lithography by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printer
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| In 1962 the British-based American producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman made Ian Fleming's spy novel »Dr. No«, written in 1958, into a film with Sean Connery in the leading role as »James Bond«. Thereafter, the Bond films and books became an international phenomenon. | |
Printed in lithography by Walsall (WSP) Security Printers
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SG# DX42 // 18 September 2008
Pilot to Plane RAF Uniforms (Second volume in a series of three)
The booklet's front cover shows the
Royal Air Force Badge
The »Royal Air Force (RAF)« was formed on 1 April 1918 by the amalgamation of the
»Royal Flying Corps (RFC)«, founded in 1912, and the »Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS)«, founded in 1914.
AMV 20 €
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SG# DX43 // 29 September 2008
The Regional Definitives Heraldy and Symbol
The booklet's front cover shows symbols
of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales 
The stampbook also spotlights
London 2010 - Festival of Stamps (Volume II of IV)
AMV 28 €
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Printed in lithography by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printer
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British regional definitives from Guernsey (1), Jersey (1) and Isle of Man (2)
until local independent postal administration was established (Guernsey, Jersey in 1967, Isle of Man in 1973) |
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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SG# DX44 // 8 January 2009
British Design Classics
The booklet's front cover shows
production drawings of a wing, an anglepoise lamp and a routemaster bus 
AMV 26 €
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SG# DX45 // 12 February 2009
Birth Bicentenary of Charles Darwin Naturalist and evolutionary theorist (* 1809, † 1882) 
The booklet's front cover shows a
contemporary photo of Darwin and his statement "Light will be thrown on the origin of man and history"
AMV 49 €
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SG# DX46 // 18 August 2009
Treasures of the Archive Post Office Letter Boxes 
Opened in 1969
The booklet's clear front cover shows
a proof sheet of Penny Black stamps
The stampbook also spotlights
London 2010 - Festival of Stamps (Volume III of IV)
AMV 27 €
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SG# DX47 // 17 September 2009
Royal Navy Uniforms (Third volume in a series of three)
The booklet's front cover shows
Officers, Marines and Seamen on Deck in Uniforms of 1884 
The three silver-thread stars on the
epaulette indicate the rank of Admiral, 19th century
AMV 24 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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SG# DX48 // 7 January 2010
Classic Album Covers
The booklet's front cover
shows a vinyl disc. 
Analogue audio recording onto
vinyl discs was the main technology used for storing recorded sound in the 20th century.
AMV 46 €
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SG# DX49 // 25 February 2010
350th Anniversary of The Royal Society
The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, founded on 28 November 1660.
The First Royal Charter was granted by King Charles II in 1662. 
NULLIUS IN VERBA
AMV 20 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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Printed in lithography by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printers
Stamp book exists in two versions
except panes #2/3 printed in recess/litho by Royal Joh. Enschedé Security Printers and pane #4 printed in gravure by Walsall (WSP) Security Printers |
SG# DX50 // 8 May 2010
Centenary of Accession of King George V (* 1865, r. 1910, † 1936)
The stampbook also spotlights
London 2010 - Festival of Stamps The Kings Stamps (Volume IV of IV)
AMV DX50a 27 €
AMV DX50b 39 € |
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SG# DX51 // 13 May 2010
Britain Alone
The booklet's front cover shows a
propaganda poster calling for perseverance 
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland declared war on Nazi Germany on Saturday, 3 September 1939, which was the beginning of the »Second World War« (1939 - 1945)
AMV 28 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
Booklet exists with overprint »Phila Taipei 2016« |
SG# DX52 // 22 March 2011
50th Anniversary of WWF For a Living Planet World Wide Fund for Nature 
The booklet's front cover shows
part of the globe with wildlife drawings and the WWF logo the Great Panda
AMV 25 €
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Beginning with the issue of the »Morris & Co.« [DY1] Prestige Stamp Booklet,
Royal Mail introduced an additional cost, over and above the face value of the stamps contained within these booklets. The surcharge averages 95p. The booklets are seperately numbered in a new series, commencing DY1.
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SG# DY1 // 5 May 2011
Morris & Co. A Definitive Claim to Beauty 
The booklet's front cover shows
»Flora« wallpaper pattern by William Morris, 1891
AMV 23 €
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Printed in lithography by De La Rue (DLR) Security Printers
except pane #1 printed in gravure by Walsall (WSP) Security Printers |
Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
except pane #4 printed in recess/intaglio by the French Government printer |
SG# DY2 // 9 September 2011
First United Kingdom Aerial Post Centennial 
The booklet's front cover shows the
preparation of a promotional poster for the Grahame White Aviation Co. for the First UK Aerial Mail 
AMV 56 €
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SG# DY3 // 10 January 2012
Roald Dahl (* 1916, † 1990)
One of the greatest storytellers for children in the 20th century
The booklet's front cover shows a
bookshelf with children's stories written by Roald Dahl
In 1983 he received the
»World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement«
AMV 20 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
except pane #1 printed in gravure by Walsall (WSP) Security Printer |
Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
except pane #1 printed in gravure by Walsall (WSP) Security Printer |
SG# DY4 // 31 May 2012
The Diamond Jubilee
The booklet's front cover shows a
portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
AMV 23 €
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The Diamond Jubilee's NVI Definitive Stamps
Portraits of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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Portrait from photograph
by Dorothy Wilding on predecimal postage stamp, 1955
Portrait by Robert Austin
on £1 banknote, 1960 |
Portrait by Harry Ecclestone
on £5 banknote, 1971
Portrait by Mary Gillick
on predecimal coinage, 1953 |
Portrait by Arnold Machin
on decimal coin, 1971
Portrait by Arnold Machin
on Diamond Jubilee definitive stamp
The stamp has an iridescent overprint reading DIAMOND JUBILEE and the
source code DIAMMND 
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Beginning with Prestige Stamp Book »Morris & Co« [DY1], issued in May 2011, the
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) certification is printed on the
back cover
of the stamp book. The license code number (red marking, below) identifies the printer firm, which has produced the stamp book.
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C020244 -
De La Rue Security Printing (DLR), England
C023216 - Walsall Security Printers Ltd., England C100572 - Cartor Security Printing (ISP), France C017480 - Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V., Netherlands |
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SG# DY5 // 27 July 2012
Keeping the Flame Alive British Achievment of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 
Games of the XXX. Olympiad 27 July - 12 August, third time London hosts Olympic Games after 1908 and 1948
The booklet's front cover shows the
torch bearer of the Games of the XIV. Olympiad in London, 1948
AMV 46 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
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The Blockbuster Stamp Book Issue
The ultimate »Doctor Who« Prestige Stamp Book contains all the »Doctor Who« stamp collections in one unique collector's edition - the »TARDIS« sheet, the Monsters' Mini Sheet and the complete set of eleven Doctors' stamps. Written by
Gary Russell, author of numerous »Doctor Who« novels, the book beautifully shows the progression through all eleven Doctors as well as a section dedicated to the monsters.
The stamp book, having two covers and two ends, was assembled by joining two separate stamp booklets inverted to each other.
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SG# DY6 // 26 March 2013
50 Years of Doctor Who Classic BBC TV Serial
The first »Doctor Who« episode
was broadcast on Saturday,
23 November 1963 at 5.15 pm.
The sci-fi series became a
popular part of British
culture over the years.
»TARDIS«
The booklet's coloured front cover
shows Matt Smith playing since 2010 the role of the eleventh Doctor
AMV 32 €
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SG# DY7 // 9 May 2013
Football Heroes
The FA - 150 Years
26 Oct 1863, London 
The Scottish FA - 140 Years
21 Mar 1873, Glasgow
The booklet's front cover shows
George Banks, John Barnes, Bobby Moore, Kevin Keegan and George Best
AMV 36 € wrapped/sealed
AMV 30 € unwrapped/unsealed |
Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
The stamp book comes in a sealed souvenir silver foil wrapper, rather like those packs
of football stickers most of us collected avidly in the days of their youth. |
Printed in lithography by Royal Joh. Enschedé Security Printer
Booklet exists with overprint »Singapore 2015« |
SG# DY8 // 19 September 2013
Merchant Navy of the United Kingdom 
"WE'RE A MARITIME NATION -
WE'VE GROWN BY THE SEA AND LIVE BY IT; IF WE LOSE COMMAND OF IT WE STARVE." Erskine Childers (* 1870, † 1922), Irish author and nationalist 
AMV 26 €
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SG# DY9 // 20 February 2014
Classic Locomotives of the United Kingdom
Steam Railway Preservation
The booklet's front cover shows
the »Southern Railway« Class M7 0-4-0T № 53 on the »Great Central Railway«, 2012
AMV 26 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »Philakorea« |
SG# DY10 // 15 April 2014
Buckingham Palace
Celebrating the 300 year
history of the palace 
The booklet's front cover shows
the east front of the palace and one of the two entrance gates
AMV 22 €
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Buckingham Palace
serves since 1837 as the official home of the King/Queen as Head of State of the United Kingdom. It is one of the few remaining working Royal palaces in the world today and provides the setting for ceremonies and formal entertaining. Investitures, state banquets, garden parties and diplomatic receptions all take place here, as does the Prime Minister's weekly audience with the King/Queen. It is arguably one of the most recognised buildings in the world.
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Beginning with Prestige Stamp Book »Morris & Co.« [DY1], issued in May 2011, the
back cover
of the booklets carries, apart from any other text and/or illustration, always
Royal Mail logo, Barcode, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo & printer ID
at any position and in any sequence
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SG# DY11 // 28 July 2014
The Great War 1914 (First World War, 1914 - 1918) 
First volume in a series of 5
The centenary of this conflict is
being marked with a series of five PSBs to be issued one annually until 2018.
AMV 23 €
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Booklet exists with overprint »ASDA 100th Anniversary« |
The booklet's front cover shows snippets from contemporary photographs
arranged in/to the numeral »14«:
Figure »1« (left):
Men of the »Army Service Corps« hold Princess Mary's »Gift Fund« box they received for Christmas 1914
Figure »4« (right):
Lance Corporal Fredrick William Holmes, of 2nd Battalion, »King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry«, was one of the earliest recipents of the »Victoria Cross« during the First World War, for his action on 26 August 1914, during the Battle of Le Cateau. |
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SG# 3709 // 6 May 2015
NVI 1st Class (63p) self adhesive commemorative stamp
Reprint of the »Penny Black« Stamp
(SG #1, 6th May 1840, black, letter in lower corners S/C, adhesive, imperforated) depicting a bust of HM Queen Victoria (* 1819, r. 1876, † 1901) |
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At left - Promotion for »EuroPhilex« Stamp Exhibition London 2015,
Roland Hill's (* 1795, † 1879, postal reformer) proposal about the character of a postage stamp, the background shows a historical sheet of »Penny Black« stamps.
At right - Two rows of three NVI 1st Class (63p) self adhesive anniversary stamps.
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SG #MS3710v // 6 May 2015 Anniversary Miniature Sheet (II)
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SG# DY12 // 19 February 2015
Inventive Britain
Celebrating eight world-changing
British inventions of the 20th and 21st centuries 
The booklet's cover shows symbols
of modern information technologies
AMV 32 €
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SG# DY13 // 14 May 2015
The Great War 1915 (First World War, 1914 - 1918)
Volume 2 in a series of 5
AMV 22 €
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The booklet's front cover shows snippets from contemporary photographs
arranged in/to the numeral »15«:
Figure »1« (left):
Officers and men of the 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, »Australian Imperial Force« visit the »Great Pyramid« of Khufu (Cheops) during a period of leave in 1915.
Figure »5« (right):
Amatol-filled shells are examined by workers at the »National Shell Filling Factory« at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, during the First World War. |
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SG# DY14 // 18 June 2015
The Battle of Waterloo Bicentenary 
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SG# DY15 // 17 December 2015
Star Wars™
(Volume 1 of 3)
The British Story
Epic »Space Opera«,
a film phenomenon that took the world by storm, created in 1977 by
George Lucas
(* 1944, Ca., USA)
George Lucas
(in November 2009) (* 14 May 1944, Modesto, Ca., USA) screenwriter, film director and film producer Mouse 
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SG# DY16 // 18 February 2016
500 Years of Royal Mail 
Sir
Brian Tuke
was appointed to
Sir Brian Tuke († 1545)
as painted by Hans Holbein »the Younger«, c 1527 Mouse
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the newly created role of »Master of the Posts« and knighted in 1516 by King
Henry VIII.
King Henry VIII.
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Mail Coach, 1790s [2] |
Falmouth Packet Ship, 1820s [3] |
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[1]
Post boys could be of almost any age and carried messages between relay points some 20 miles (32km) apart, the distance a horse could travel at speed before being replaced. Post boys kept to time and carried a horn, blown periodically, to warn of their approach.
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The first mail coach ran between Bristol and London on 2 August 1784. At the time, coaches were among the swiftest vehicles on the road. The only postal employee on board was the heavily armed mail guard. The last London-based mail coach ran in April 1846.
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Falmouth became an important port for ships sailing to the West Indies and the Mediterranean.
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Air Mail, 1930s [5] |
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The first purpose-built Travelling Post Office (TPO), in which mail was sorted en route, ran on 20 January 1838. Many of the trains exchanged mail pouches without stopping via trackside bag exchange apparatus. The last exchange took place in 1971. Today, mail still travels in sealed train carriages.
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The world's first scheduled airmail service began on 9 September 1911. The use of airplanes for long-distance transport of mail increased significantly during the 1920s and 1930s. Originally intended for Imperial Airways' European mail routes,
HP 45 G-AAXE Hengist first flew on 8 December 1931.
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Minivans were purchased in large numbers in the 1970s following the demise of the Morris Minor. They were ideal for smaller collection and delivery duties in towns, but low height and limited ground clearance made them less suitable for rural deliveries.
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»Post & Go« stamp issue #22 Royal Mail Heritage: Transport 6 x 1st Class (63p) selfadhesive stamps |
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SG# 3806 // 18 Feb 2016
NVI 1st Class (63p) self adhesive commemorative stamp
Reprint of the »Penny Red« Stamp
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Anniversary Retail Booklet
At left - Proposal for a new stamp colour made by Roland Hill (* 1795, † 1879, postal reformer) on 17 Sep 1840,
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SG# DY17 // 21 April 2016
HM The Queen's 90th Birthday 
AMV 29 €
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SG# DY18 // 26 June 2016
The Great War 1916 (First World War, 1914 - 1918)
Volume 3 in a series of 5
AMV 27 €
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SG# DY19 // 28 July 2016
The Tale of Beatrix Potter (
Volume 2 of 2 )
150th Birthday Anniversary
(* 28 July 1866, † 22 December 1943) 
AMV 23 €
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The booklet's front cover shows photos of Beatrix Potter's early life (with her spaniel »Spot)«,
middle years (with rabbit »Benjamin Bouncer«) and late in life (with two Pekingese dogs), amended by drawings from her painting book. |
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Helen Beatrix Potter (* 28 July 1866, Kensington, London; † 22 December 1943, Near Sawrey, Lancashire) was an English children's author and illustrator, natural scientist, farmer and preservationist. Immersed in the arts from an early age - her mother was a watercolourist and her father a photographer - she was inspired to sketch and paint fauna and flora during holidays in Scotland and Lake District, and went on to become a published illustrator. But it was the reworking of the stories and drawings in her picture-letters to children that led to the publication of »The Tale of Peter Rabbit« (October, 1902) and the start of a successful literary career.
She conceived some of her best-loved tales not for publication but to amuse real children. She was an intuitive verbal and visual storyteller and a passionate observer of the natural world. Her series of twenty-three little tales, elegantly written and exquisitely illustrated, continues to delight both children and adults the world over. |
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SG# DY20 // 15 February 2017
Windsor Castle 
Founded by the Norman William the »Conqueror« in around 1080, the castle is the oldest inhabited fortress in the world, and the Queen's private home.
AMV 23 €
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»Windsor Castle: from the River Thames«, painting by Richard Willis (* 1924) |
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is owned by the British Crown
and has been the family home of British kings and queens for almost a thousand years. Covering an area of 13 acres, the castle is a working royal palace, regularly used for ceremonial and state occasions.
The year 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the devastating fire, which was the spur to the extraordinary rebuilding and refurbishment that almost one million visitors a year enjoy. The fire at Windsor Castle broke out in the morning of 20 November 1992 and was finally extinguished fifteen hours later. One hundred and fifteen rooms were destroyed or very badly damaged by the fire and over a million gallons of water were pumped into the fabric of the building. The process of clearing, drying out, rebuilding and redecorating the damaged structure was completed five years later.
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SG# DY21 // 05 June 2017
50th Anniversary of the Machine Definitive
£ 5 Machin definitive 65th Anniversary of the Accession of HM Queen Elizabeth II
AMV 24 €
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AMV ca. £ 220
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SG# DY22 // 31 July 2017
The Great War 1917 (First World War, 1914 - 1918)
Volume 4 in a series of 5
AMV 25 €
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The booklet's front cover shows snippets from contemporary photographs
arranged in/to the numeral »17«:
Figure »1« (left):
Member of the »Women's Land Army (WLA)«, a British civilian organisation created during the First World War so women could work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military.
Figure »7« (right):
Australian troops at the Third battle of Ypres in Belgium, October 1917. |
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SG# DY23 // 14 December 2017
Star Wars™
(Volume 2 of 3)
The Making of the
Droids, Aliens and Creatures 
Wookiee
Chewbacca
Issued to coincide with the release of »Star Wars Episode 8 -
The Last Jedi
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which has been filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire.
Promotional Poster
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AMV 24 €
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SG# DY24 // 23 January 2018
Game of Thrones
Based on the series of
epic fantasy novels »A Song of Ice and Fire« written by US novelist George R. R. Martin (* 1948, NJ) in 1991, published in 1996 
FDC cachet and FDI postmark featuring the
»Iron Throne«
AMV 21 €
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The booklet's front cover shows a sphere globe adorned with the crests/sigils of the
»Nobel Houses« of »The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros« 
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The landscape and history of the
Republic of Iceland
was part of the reference
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SG# DY25 // 20 March 2018
R.A.F. Centenary 
The Royal Air Force was formed towards
the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918
AMV 26 €
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against a background of a camouflage pattern. |
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Royal Air Force
Badges
and Icons
Common RAF badge // RAF Aerobatic Team badge
Ensign // Logo // Anniversary logo // Roundels // Fin flashes
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SG# DY26 // 13 September 2018
The Great War 1918 (First World War, 1914 - 1918)
Last volume in series
The final part of this momentous five-year-series marks the centenary of
the end of the First World War. 
AMV 25 €
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The booklet's front cover shows snippets from contemporary photographs
arranged in/to the numeral »18«:
Figure »1« (left):
German prisoners near Abbeville, Département Somme, France.
Figure »8« (right):
Crowds outside the Buckingham Palace at proclamation of armistice agreement on 11 November 1918. |
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The Great War
was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as
»The war to end all wars«
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it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars and one of the deadliest conflicts in history. When the fighting was finally over, no-one could tell exactly how many had been killed but historians estimate that up to 10 million men lost their lives on the battlefield and another 20 million were wounded. Seven million civilians died as a direct result of the war. The war was a struggle between Europe's great powers, which were grouped into two hostile alliances. The flags below (please click images) symbolize the main belligerents.
The Central Powers
The Allied/Entente Powers
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SG# DY27 // 04 December 2018
Harry Potter
Most successful typical British fantasy book series for teenage readers
written by English novelist Joanne (J. K.) Rowling CH OBE (* 1965, Gloucestershire) 
The first book in series
»Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone«
Early book cover, 1997
was published in 1997 first by Bloomsbury PLC, Camden, London.
AMV 27 €
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The layout of the booklet has
two front covers,
inverted in relation to the other and can be started from either end. Half the pages inverted in relation to the others, presenting two stories. The first half of the book explores the key characters from the film while the inverted second half focuses on »Hogwarts«
and the »Marauder's Map«
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a magical document that reveals all of the »School of Witchcraft and Wizardry«
.
[The scroll's Latin inscription at the bottom of »Hogwarts'« crest (see image at the left) "DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS" reads in English "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".]
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The bestselling fantasy story of Harry Potter and »Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry« was written by English novelist
J. K. Rowlings
J. K. Rowlings (* 1965)
at the White House, April 2010
(* 1965) as a series of seven books
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first book published in 1997 and the final one in 2007. Each novel chronicles one year in Harry's life at »Hogwarts« during the period from 1991 to 1998.
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The central character of the novels is
Harry Potter
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a young boy who lives in
Surrey
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a county in south-east England, in the familiy of his aunt and uncle
Petunia and Vernon Dursley and their son Dudley
Coat of arms of Surrey
Flag of England
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To ensure Harry's safety, Albus Dumbledore
placed him in the Dursleys' care when he was a baby and became an orphan. At the age of eleven
Harry learned that he is a half-blood wizard, though he lives in the ordinary world of non-magical people known as »Muggles«
.
Thus he decides, against the Dursley's resistance, to become a student at
»Hogwarts
,
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry«, located somewhere in the Highlands of
Scotland
.
The gateway to »Hogwarts« is the hidden, invisible to »Muggles«,
Flag of Scotland
Platform 9¾
at »King's Cross« Railway Station
Hidden Platform 9¾ at »King's Cross«
Railway Station, invisible to »Muggles« ,
Borough of Camden, London. Harry was sorted to
Griffindor's
living and learning community, one of »Hogwarts'« four Houses
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Harry's best friends are his fellow students
Hermione Granger
and "Ron" Weasley
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both he met aboard the »Hogwarts Express«
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Together, they faced many challenges during their adolescence.
During his magical education at »Hogwarts«
Harry learns, that as a baby, he witnessed the murder of his parents
James (»Prongs«)
and
Lily (née Evans)
by the power-obsessed »Dark Wizard«, Lord Voldemort (Tom Riddle)
,
who subsequently attempted to kill him as well. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against
Lord Voldemort, who intends to become immortal, overthrow the
wizard governing body known as the
Ministry of Magic
"Ignoratia Juris Non Excusat"
"Ignorance is no excuse in law"
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and subjugate all wizards and »Muggles« (non-magical people).
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Joanne (J. K.) Rowling conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while aboard a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990. Over the next five years, she began to map out all seven books of the series. In 1995, she finished her deput novel
»Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone«
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however the manuscript was rejected by twelve publishing houses. Finally the British publishing house
Bloomsbury
in London accepted the manuscript and released the book on 26 June 1997. Soon after, the children's novel had found immense popularity and commercial success worldwide - a new »Bestseller« was born. The seventh and final book in series
»Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows«
was released on 21 July 2007 and broke its predecessor's record as the fastest-selling book of all time.
The
Harry Potter series is now published in eighty languages, and over 500 million copies have been sold across the world, becoming the best-selling book series in history. In 1998, Rowling sold the film rights of the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros.
for a reported £1 million. The
US based
entertainment company
USA Flag »Stars and Stripes«
released the first film (Volume I of the book series) in 2001, the last one(s) in 2011/2012 (Final volume VII splitted in two parts).
Apart from many honours and awards Rowling received worldwide for her literary works by various associations, institutions and universities, she was honoured on 31 December 2001 with the
»Order of the British Empire (OBE)«
J. K. Rowling OBE
»Order of the British Empire (OBE)« 31 December 2001
by HRH Prince Charles,
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales Coat of Arms 
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for her services to children's literature. On 12 December 2017 Rowling was made a
»Companion of Honour«
J. K. Rowling CH OBE
»Companion of Honour (CH)« 12 December 2017
by HRH Prince William,
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Cambridge Coat of Arms
for her services to literature and philanthropy during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace
in London.
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SG# DY28 // 13 February 2019
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
(* 15 Apr 1452, † 2 May 1519) Italian polymath of the High Renaissance
500th anniversary of his death
AMV 25 €
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The booklet's front cover shows »The head of the Madonna« by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1510- 1515
(red and black chalks, brush and ink, white heightening, on orange-red prepared paper) .
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On the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, 144 of his finest drawings from the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, acquired for the
»Royal Collection«
by King
Charles II.
(* 1630, r. 1660, † 1685)
in around 1670, are being displayed during 2019 at twelve museums and galleries across the United Kingdom. Each of the twelve locations will have an exhibition of twelve of these drawings from 01 February to 06 May 2019, before all coming together for an exhibition at the »Queen's Gallery«, Buckingham Palace
Charles II.
Collector of Leonardo's drawings Mouse
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London. The stamp booklet lists all the locations where each of the featured drawings will be displayed.
The full collection of around 600 drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the »Royal Library« at
Windsor Castle
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is among the most important in the world, and has been pre-eminent in the study of Leonardo for centuries.
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This PSB marks a new premium charged by Royal Mail, being £1.46 over the face value of the stamps, at a price of £13.10 against £11.64. With twelve stamps the need to make unusual arrangements on the panes is unnecessary and serves the only purpose to squeeze money out of the collector's pocket! |
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SG# DY29 // 14 March 2019
MARVEL
The World of Comic Books
Spider-Man
Silver medal by
Royal Mint
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AMV 31 €
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The booklet's front cover shows the character of the invincible »Iron Man«.
The
comic book series
debuted in May 1968.
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The origins of the US publishing house MARVEL
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specialized in comic books, date back to 1939. The US publisher of pulp magazines Martin Goodman (* 1908, † 1992)
saw the huge success of the new comic-book format by the public and decided to enter the market under the name Timely Comics
.
In October 1939 he released Marvel Comics #1
.
The period from 1938 to 1956 is known to fans and historians as the »Golden Age of Comic«
.
In 1972 MARVEL opened a branch in the United Kingdom
(MARVEL UK 1972 - 1995) to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comics market. In September the first story was launched »The Mighty World of Marvel«
.
Four years later MARVEL created the fictional character of
»Captain Britain«
,
appearing the first time in October 1976 in Captain Britain Weekly #1.
The character was initially intended exclusively for the British comics market.
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SG# DY30 // 24 May 2019
Victoria (* 1819, r. 1837, † 1901) 
FDC cachet & Special postmark
AMV 33 €
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The booklet's front cover shows (portrait, left) Queen Victoria by German portrait painter
Franz Xaver Winthertaler
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signed and dated 1856; (portrait, right) Queen Victoria by Austrian portraitist Baron
Heinrich von Angeli
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signed and dated 1890; purple leather book cover with gilt decoration from »The Marriage Procession of V & A«, published in 1840.
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The long and prudent reign of Queen Victoria
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(widowed in 1861 aged 42), is today known as
»The Victorian Era«
.
It was a period of political, cultural, economical, technical, and industrial change within the British society and it was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire with enormous benefits to the British economy.
Please click on crown to read
more about Queen Victoria's life.
In the last decades of her life and reign, Queen Victoria received the nickname, »Grandmother of Europe«. The nickname had much literal justification, as her many children, four sons and five daughters
(born between Nov 1840 and Apr 1857)
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had married into many of Europe's royal families, and her numerous grandchildren (42), once grown, did the same.
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SG# DY31 // 26 November 2019
Star Wars™ The Making of the Vehicles
(Last volume of 3)
FDC cachet
AMV 32 €
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The booklet's front cover shows Poe Dameron's X-wing fighter.
This »Incom T-70« X-wing fighter is the signature ship of the Resistance. Fast and powerful, these crafts are able to dogfight against First Order »TIE« fighters and attack much larger ships with their proton torpedoes.
Resistance pilot Poe Dameron flies a customized, orange-styled version with a hatch for his Droid
R2-D2.
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SG# DY32 // 11 February 2020
Visions of the Universe
200th Anniversary of the
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
The seal of the RAS depicts William Henschel's
(* 1738, † 1822) 40-foot telescope in 1820, it was the largest telescope ever made.
AMV 30 €
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The booklet's front and rear covers show photographs of the 1919 solar eclipse taken by the British astronomer
Arthur Eddington
(* 1882, † 1944) from Principe Island
and confirmed
Albert Einstein's
(* 1879, † 1955) theory of general relativity
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The society was founded on 10 March 1820 as the »Astronomical Society of London« to support astronomical research. It became the »Royal Astronomical Society« in 1831 on receiving a Royal Charter
from King William IV.
(* 1765,  1831, † 1837).
The RAS is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. The society has over 4,000 members (»Fellows«), most of them professional researchers or postgraduate students. A Supplemental Charter in 1915 opened up the fellowship to women.
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Oxford
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† 14 March 2018 in
Oxford, England
Coat of arms Mouse 
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Cambridge
, England
Cambridge, England
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Professor Stephen William Hawking
is wideley regarded as one of the most brillant theoretical physicicst since
Albert Einstein
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Despite living with motor neurone disease (MND)
for more than fifty years, he contributed immensely to science through his research, lectures, books, the biographical film »The Theory of Everything« and numerous public and charitable appearances. He was made a »CBE« in 1982 and a »Companion of Honour« in 1989 and was granted the »US Presidental Medal of Freedom« in 2009. He also received 13 honorary degrees. Known for his warmth and humour, Hawking was a devoted father and grandfather. He has left a rich and inspiring legacy.
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SG# DY33 // 17 March 2020
James Bond [First] Second edition 
The Films - Behind the Scenes
Aston Martin DB Mark III
with special features by Q Branch 
first seen in »Goldfinger«, 1964
AMV 41 €
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of 1,962 copies only
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The booklet's front cover shows shooting for the film
»
Goldfinger
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on location at Furka-Pass
James Bond 007
Goldfinger Theatrical release poster, 1964 Please
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Canton of
Uri
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with a view down into the
Uri
Kantonalswappen Please 
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Urseren
high valley with the village of
Urseren
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Realp
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Canton of Uri.
Realp
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Actor Sean Connery ;
vehicle Aston Martin DB Mark III
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The Swiss film scenes were shot in the village of
Stans
, Canton of
Stans
Gemeindewappen Please
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Nidwalden
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but mainly in the Canton of Uri.
Filming wrapped at the village of
Nidwalden
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Andermatt
after nineteen weeks of shooting.
Andermatt
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SG# DY34 // 8 May 2020
Winston Churchill
waving to the crowds from Whitehall
on 8 May celebrating the end of the war, showing the »V« of Victory
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The booklet's front cover shows a ribbon folded to the »V«-sign for victory;
inscription "END of THE SECOND WORLD WAR"; women celebrating end of war and victory at a
Manchester
street party
City of Manchester, England
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SG# DY35 // 9 July 2020
Queen British Rockband (4th issue of the series »Music Giants«) 
Rainbow tour poster 1970,
FDC cachet & special postmark, 2020
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The booklet's front cover features the crest
of the British rockband
»Queen«
as designed by
Queen, 1976
SG #4403 // 09 July 2020 NVI 1st special definitive Please
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Freddie Mercury
before the release of their
Freddie Mercury, 1977
born 1946 as Farrokh Bulsara Please
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debut album.
The crest illustrates the zodiac signs of the four band members as well as a phoenix on the top to represent immortality.
The two lions stand for the zodiac
Queen
First debut album, July 1973 Please 
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»Leo«
representing the band members
Zodiac
Leo ("latin" for lion) Element: Fire Duration: 23 July - 22 August Please
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John Deacon
(bass guitar) and
John Deacon, 1979
(* 19 Aug 1951) Please
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Roger Taylor
(drummer).
The crab resting atop the "Q"-folded ribbon with a
crown inside and with flames rising directly above it stands for the zodiac
Roger Taylor OBE, 2017
(* 26 July 1949) Please
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»Cancer«
representing
Zodiac
Cancer Element: Water Duration: 22 June - 22 July Please
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Brian May
(guitar).
The two fairies below the lions stand for
Brian May CBE ARCS, 2017
(* 19 July 1947) Please
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Freddie Mercury's
(band leader, vocals, keyboard) zodiac
Freddie Mercury
(* 05 Sep 1946, † 24 Nov 1991) Please
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»Virgo«
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Zodiac
Virgo Element: Earth Duration: 23 August - 22 September Please
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The whole symbol bears a passing resemblance to the
royal coat of arms
of the
Royal Coat of Arms
United Kingdom Please
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United Kingdom
,
particularly with the lion supporters. The original logo, as found on the reverse-side of the cover of the band's first album,
was a simple line drawing. Later albums bore more intricate-coloured versions of the logo. It also touches on
Queen's legacy after the death of Freddie Mercury (aged 45) and the band's enduring popularity.
United Kingdom
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RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 1,966 copies only - sold for £ 75, AMV £ 140
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SG# DY36 // 13 November 2020
The booklet's front cover
depicts the starship U.S.S. »Enterprise« (NCC 1701) in planetary orbit, as seen in the original science-fiction TV serial (1966 - 1969) 
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Starfleet
insignia below to display a
picture of the crew of the spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise in the original TV serial. 
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SG# DY37 // 16 February 2021
»Only Fools and Horses ...«
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary
of the BBC TV comedy serial (1981 - 2021)  Trotters Independent Traders
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The booklet's front cover shows the two main charactersDerek »Del Boy« Trotter (at right) portrayed by David Jason and Rodney Trotter (at left) portrayed by Nicholas Lyndhurst as well as the logo of the TV serial. 
1967 Reliant Regal Supervan III |
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RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 1,970 copies only - sold for £ 49,99, AMV £ 80
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SG# DY38 // 28 May 2021
Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE (* 18 June 1942, Liverpool )
Former member of »The Beatles«,
Leader of the Rockband »Wings«
(1971 - 1981)
(5th issue of the series »Music Giants«)
FDC postmark
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The booklet's front cover features Paul McCartney
onstage at the Rotterdam Ahoy
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SG# DY39 // 12 August 2021
Industrial Revolution 
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The layout of the booklet has
two front covers ,
inverted in relation to the other and can be started from either end. Half the pages inverted in relation to the others, presenting two stories. The first half of the book explores the »THE BIRTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION«, while the inverted second half focuses on »THE ELECTRIC REVOLUTION« or vice versa.
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RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 1,939 copies only - sold for £ 49,99,
AMV £ 75
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SG# DY40 // 17 September 2021
DC Collection
Detective Comics
Detective Comics #1, March 1937 |
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The booklet's front cover shows the characters of
Batman
Batman
First appearance in Detective Comics #27 March/May 1939 Silver-plated medal by RM struck in the image of the Dark Knight, with the iconic Batman logo on the back. Limited to 5,000 editions only. ,
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Diana Prince First appearance in All Star Comics #8 December/January 1941/1942 Silver-plated medal by RM struck to mark the 80th anniversary of Wonder Woman's DC Comics debut, with the anniversary logo on the back. Limited to 5,000 editions only.
and
Superman
Superman
Kal-El (birth name) Clark Kent (adopted name) Race Kriptonian
First appearance inAction Comics #1 April/June 1938 .
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Batman - FDC cachet and FDI special postmark from PO
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Wonder Woman - FDI special postmark from PO
Eagle , Lincoln LN6,
FDC cachet and emblem of »Justice League«.
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SG# DY41 // 22 January 2022
60 years of the British Rock Band
The Rolling Stones
(6th issue of the series »Music Giants«)
Blue Plaque
Commemorating Mick Jagger and Keith Richards meeting on London-bound platform 2 at Dartford railway station,
Kent
,
on 17 October 1961
County flag ofKent
AMV 36 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 5,000 copies only - sold at £ 49,99, AMV £ 80
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The booklet's front cover features tour case style box, name of the band in red letters and their iconic logo
»tongue and lips« with
Union Jack
on tongue.
With the issue of the stamp book RM pays tribute to six fantastic decades of iconic songs, classic albums, legendary live performances and uncovers new insights and images behind the touring lives of »The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World«.
The image at right features a FDI special postmark from PO
Twickenham
TW2 7BA,
Middlesex
,
commemorating the
»Licks Tour«
concert at Twickenham
Stadium
County flag ofMiddlesex on 24 August 2003 
»The Rolling Stones« on
»No Filter Tour« in 2018
from left to right Charlie Watts (* 2 June 1941, † 24 Aug 2021), Keith Richards (* 18 Dec 1943), Sir Mick Jagger (* 26 July 1943), Ronnie Wood (* 1 June 1947) |
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 1,952 copies only - sold at £ 49,99, AMV £ 80
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SG# DY42 // 04 February 2022
HM Queen Elizabeth II. Platinum Jubilee
70 Years of Working
at Home and Abroad
AMV 36 €
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SG# DY43 // 05 May 2022
Unsung Heroes Women of World War II
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AMV 34 €
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Printed in lithography by Cartor (ISP)
RM has issued an additional limited edition
of 1,984 copies only - sold at £ 49,99, AMV £ xx
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SG# DY44 // 01 Sep 2022
Transformers Comics
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SG# DY45 // 12 December 2022
King TUTANKHAMUN
(* ca. 1341 BC, r. 1332 BC, † 1323 BC, aged 18)
100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Pharaoh's Tomb by
Howard Carter
English Heritage
Blue Plaque at
19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington, London Howard Carter |
Printed in lithography by Cartor (CSP)
AMV 36 €
The booklet's front cover shows the pharaoh's name (Tutankhanum),
a reference to the discovery of his tomb, and a drawing of his death-mask . |
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Last Prestige Stamp Book which includes
Machin
definitive
stamps
Machin NVI definitive stamps
and features the silhouette of the head of HM Queen Elizabeth II. on
commemorative
stamps.
Commemorative stamps
The Queen died on 8 September 2022, at the age of 96, at Balmoral Castle ,
Aberdeenshire
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Coat of armsAberdeenshire
Scotland
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Flag of
Scotland
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