Date of Issue : 24 January 2011
The Finnish Post will released the first new stamps of 2011 which includes a miniature sheet of five Valentine’s day postage stamps named “Ystävyyden oksalla” (Branches of friendship).
Miniature Sheet
A miniature sheet entitled “Branches of Friendship” is also released to celebrate Valentine’s Day – known as Friendship Day in Finland. The stamps, illustrated by Janne Harju, show happy bird-like characters in their colorful nests. The open-minded design of the five form-cut stamps in the miniature sheet stands out from traditional stamps. The width of the largest stamp in the miniature sheet is over 11 cm.
FDC
New portraits for Churchill stamp – Smilers on Churchill
Two new portraits of Winston Churchill by Buckinghamshire artist Daniel Rogers feature on a postage stamp issue from Bletchley Park’s secret post office. The portraits that portray Churchill as a young man and a wartime leader recently featured on the cover of the Churchill Centre’s magazine “Finest Hour”.
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The stamps are being issued as two limited edition sheets each of 20 1st class stamps . They will be released at “Stampex” the London Stamp Fair, 23-26th February where Rogers will be in attendance to sign them.
For more details visit : www.bletchleycovers.com
: Terry Mitchelle
Smilers is the name given to Britain's personalised postage stamp sheet, issued by the Post Office.The "Smilers" A4 sized stamp sheets contains ten se-tenant "smiles" stamps with a generic label design.
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