From the land of the giants, to the prank-loving world of the pixies, the UK has a rich history of folklore and legend dating back to the oral tales handed down the generations by Celtic bards - and brought right up to date through Harry Potter and the hugely successful Dragonology books.
ON 16 June 2009 Royal Mail is issuing six new stamps:
The conventionally gummed stamps show:
1st class - Unicorns and Dragons;
62p - Giants and Pixies
90p - Mermaids and Fairies
But the real novelty is in the sheet margin or selvedge where the eyes are everywhere:
See the special postmarks for the day of issue here
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The Post Office had a monopoly on the transport of Letters and it was an
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