Occasions
5-Mar-2002
A wedding, a new home, the birth of a baby. Special events create joyful memories. These stamps have been designed to help mark the happiest OCCASIONS in our lives...
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Coastlines
19-Mar-2002
The United Kingdom's coastline extends to over 12,000 km (7000 miles) – greater than any other country in Europe – and comprises more than a thousand islands and islets. Its...
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Circus
9-Apr-2002
Jugglers, grease paint, drum-rolls, implausible moustaches, gunpowder, outsize shoes, lions, oompah music, spangly acrobats. Such extraordinary goings-on under the big top...
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H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
25-Apr-2002
The great outpouring of warmth, celebration and gifts from the British people each birthday were testimony to the very special qualities of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother...
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Airliners: Fifty Years of Jet Travel
2-May-2002
On 2 May 1952 a transport revolution began. A de Havilland Comet took off from London Heathrow, inaugurating the world's first passenger jet service. The Comet was the first jet...
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The Friendly Games
16-Jul-2002
Throughout their 72 years of competition the Commonwealth Games have managed to build an envied spirit of friendly competition. While the winning of medals has...
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Peter Pan
20-Aug-2002
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, sprang from the stories that JM Barrie acted out with the five young sons of his close friends, the Llewelyn Davies. These skits...
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The Bridges of London
10-Sep-2002
London & its Thames' bridges beautifully unite the city's history and commerce with the romance and thrill of conquering fast, tidal water, in a way that only a dynamic city and an...
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