After the Prince Philip Memorial MS on 24 June the next issue of stamps, on 1st July, is for 'Dennis and Gnasher' another comic cartoon and another 70th anniversary - it seems that they have to act before the centenary so that there are still some people alive who remember.
I can't write much about them until much later this month but the Philatelic Bulletin this month reveals that it is a set of six stamps (3 x 1st class and 3 x £1.70) accompanied (as always it seems) by a miniature sheet of 4 (two of each value).
There will be the usual assortment of philatelic material - FDC, presentation pack, stamp cards, A4 collectors sheet, and a retail stamp book.
And there will be framed products of course for those who are fans.
Three weeks later the Wild Coasts issue on 22 July has a set of 10 x 1st class and a miniature sheet of four (2 x 1st class, 2 x £1.70).
Again there will be the usual assortment of philatelic material - FDC, presentation pack, stamp cards, A4 collectors sheet, and a retail stamp book.
And there will be framed products.
All in all another expensive month.
UPDATE 17 June: Pictures of the Dennis & Gnasher stamps are now on cover producers' websites and on the other blog that you follow for just this eventuality!
I am still finding RM's view on publicising issues very strange, but I fear it will not alter, to be honest I am mainly interested in the format and sizes of issues so that I can pre cut my Hawid mounts to size, it gives me something to do whilst waiting oh well c'est la vie
ReplyDeleteI read a comment elsewhere from someone who was shown these stamps (not to buy) at his post office. I miss the days of the posters announcing the new issues.
DeleteThey sometimes do have posters now, but seldom, that is why this blog is so good! It is annoying these days that you go into a post office in Twatt and after you have explained; they say that they do not stock special stamps, but they probably do in Lerwick. Once there you have to tell them about the stamps, which have not been taken from the safe, so you get glared at for 10 minutes by the queue while the postmaster gets them and then it turns out the ones they have are last month's dull royal ones not this month's doddery pop star ones.
DeleteDennis & Gnasher issue now on BFDC, sadly no format or sizes included, but only 2 weeks to wait haha
ReplyDeleteThis morning's post brought the Wild Coasts. New issues stacking up in a pile here, that's three now!
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