The Royal Mail stamp programme for 2025 can now be published and all those who contributed to our competition can now see how accurate their predictions were. (Answer - not very! Four readers sent in lists which contained 3 of the subjects on the list (including Christmas so really only two), and one of those had a suggestion which may be a third.
In fact some subjects not included in the list had more or as many supporters, with Jane Austen having 4. Nobody got the two Music Legends correct, and only one person suggested the right TV programme, although two others were also suggested. One subject was suggested by 7 readers and is included in the programme. (More details below.)
The subjects as listed below are as Royal Mail provided them to us in
autumn 2024.
This year
only five of the five of the stamp issues is media/entertainment
related, leaving 10 (including Christmas) more directly relevant.
This programme should be made public at the same time as the Vicar of Dibley stamps which are on a separate post.
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14th January |
The Vicar of Dibley, television situation comedy (30 years)  |
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30th January |
The Royal Armouries |
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18th February |
Music Giants - AC/DC (Australian band founded by two Scots)  |
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11th March |
Garden Wildlife |
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15th April |
British Myths & Legends |
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1st May |
Valour and Victory Stories of the Second World War |
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22nd May |
The Chronicles of Narnia (75 years since the first book was published.) |
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12th June |
Royal Observatory at Greenwich- 350th Anniversary of Founding  |
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remainder - to follow |
I've hidden my comment in the next paragraph as it refers to issues which RM have decided they cannot tell us about yet. 🙄
Other subjects which might have been covered, and which were suggested by readers ...
- The 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen (yes, she's appeared before, but this is a worthy anniversary.)
- The Centenary of John Logie Baird's first demonstrations of Television.
- The Women's Rugby World Cup and the Snooker World Cup.
- Television soap EastEnders, and sitcom Fawlty Towers - 40th anniversary of first broadcasts.
- under Music Giants, the following were suggested: Oasis, Bob Marley, Kate Bush, George Michael, Bay City Rollers.
- thematic suggestions included Art Deco Buildings, Coins, Sports Cars, Reintroduced Species, Small Pets, the Anglo-Saxons, Reptiles. (Sorry if I missed any!)
I'm sure there will be a significant number of Prestige Stamp Books and Collector Sheets. If you are still buying everything, it will be an even more expensive year. I'll do my best to continue to provide you with all the information I can.
Quantity trumps quality yet again.
ReplyDeleteThough perhaps The Vicar of Dibley is better than Porridge!
DeleteSo why have they only released 6 months . They must know what the rest of the year is. Can't say that I'm all that inspired by the list. I think this year will be very cheap for me with regards to commenrative stamp collecting espcially as so many are released and 95 % + never go through the postal system. Stamps are now just expensive stickers.
ReplyDeleteThe 6 months shown above differs from what the trade were originally told in three respects. Two dates have been changed, one by a day and one by a week, and one subject has been dropped. It may appear in the second half: there may be copyright or rights issues or maybe the subject is no longer acceptable. Time will tell.
Delete6 months is a bit silly, why all the secrecy?
ReplyDeleteThe Vicar Of Dibley?
ReplyDeleteSurely not, when Sooty & Sweep have a 70th anniversary this year.
I've lost count of how many of these TV issues there've been but expect Roger Lloyd-Pack to be the first actor to be shown in two of them.
DeleteI thought I saw him in the film Crooks Anonymous but it was his father Charles Lloyd-Pack.
Good spot, Mudgie - he was an excellent actor. His Wikipedia list is phenominal.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lloyd-Pack
Ian,
DeleteI thought Roger was at his best in the BBC's 1997 drama 'The Missing Postman' - relevant to this forum and with James Bolan and Barbara Dickson.
Disappointed in the selection for music Giants, an aussie/Scottish band, Royal Mail have ignored the prog rock era when bands like Genesis, Yes, & Moody Blues were leading the pack. Some of their album covers would make excellent stamps.
ReplyDeleteNo J. M. W. Turner 250th anniversary?
ReplyDeleteIt says so much, my friend.
DeleteHoping that Live Aid 40th anniversary in July 2025 will be on the next list announced
ReplyDeleteIf you're the same Anonymous hat posted at 21.42 on 3rd (above), I'm not sure that Live Aid is a worthy subject compared with Turner.
DeleteIf you're not the same Anonymous perhaps this demonstrates why using a pseudonym - and the same one every time! - is a good idea.
Please NO MORE anonymous comments.
Thought this would be too
DeleteWe will have to agree to disagree about how to measure (relative and absolute) worth.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I consider that Live Aid's aim - and success - in helping save literally millions of lives (with the children and grandchildren of whom we share this planet today, who would otherwise not have been born) is an altogether more worthy subject that a selection of pretty pictures!
With those points I would agree; I thought you meant as a Music Giants issue - ie a selection of photos from the studio recordings - maybe the miniature sheet would be a montage of 4 based on the long/wide picture of all the artists.
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