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Roald Dahl
Issue Date: 10 January 2012
Described as “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century”, Dahl is one of the most consistently popular UK authors of children’s books, but also wrote very successful fiction for adults, an autobiography and screenplays.
More than 20 years after his death in 1990, his popularity around the globe continues to grow. His books have been translated into over 40 languages and worldwide sales have topped 100 million. For many children, Dahl’s books have become almost synonymous with reading itself.
Many of Dahl’s best loved stories have been illustrated by Quentin Blake. For the stamps six of Dahl’s most popular children’s stories were selected.
The Stamps are:-
1st Class Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
66p Fantastic Mr Fox
68p James and the Giant Peach
76p Matilda
£1 The Twits
£1.10 The Witches
The miniature sheet focuses on one of Dahl’s most popular stories The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) that celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2012 utilising four of Blake’s illustrations from the book for the stamps.
Price: £8.95 First Day Covers
Price: £1.55 First Day Envelope (without stamps)
Olympic & Paralympic Games Definitives
Issue Date: 5 January 2012
To herald the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London Royal Mail will be issuing four distinctive new definitives. They bear the official Emblems of the Games of the XXX Olympiad and the XIV Paralympic Games.
The four elements of the Olympic Emblem (outlines of the numerals of 2012) are designed to accommodate different colours and imagery
The 2012 Paralympic Games Emblem is composed of the same elements as the one for the Olympiad, but features three ‘agitos’ (asymmetrical crescent shapes denoting movement) instead of the Olympic Rings and the words ‘Paralympic Games’ at the bottom right.
Price: £8.95 First Day Cover
Price: £1.55 First Day Envelope (without stamps)
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