Royal Mail Stamps

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[tialessa]

Got this from my Publisher's Weekly daily email...  Wasn't sure which Potter forum it belonged in...

"Harry's Sticky Send-Off    
   
Forget the Nimbus 2000–Harry's going to be hitching a ride on millions of pieces of mail. Britain's Royal Mail joins France and Australia among other countries in designing official Potter postage. The agency will issue a series of seven stamps depicting the covers of the bestselling Harry Potter books on July 17, just four days before the seventh and final volume Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on sale.

Julietta Edgar, who is in charge of special stamps at the Royal Mail, said that the new stamps fall in line with the post office's tradition of celebrating "social themes and important occasions central to our way of life," according to an Associated Press report. "There's no doubt that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, published in dozens of languages worldwide, have made a phenomenal impact on our reading habits," Edgar added."

[Nienna]

I'm looking forward to seeing these .. a pity they aren't the gummed variety any more ... you could say with all honesty that you'd licked Harry's leg if they were!! (I nearly said something else and thought I better of it ... don't want Roz/Mark shouting at me for being crude now do I!?  )
 

[ferdinand_the_yak]

me for being crude

You, Jules? NEVER

These sound cool. I'll definitely get a set!

[Roz]

*allows gungy brain feeling from flu to let Jules' rudeness pass over me*

These stamps are going to be GREAT How cool is it going to be for us Brits, and actually, for the Aussies too as I think you get the same book art as us don't you?

YAY.

See you in the Post office queue folks

[tialessa]

Here's a link with photos (though they're TINY)

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/jump1?catId=32200669&mediaId=32300674

[Roz]

[tialessa]

LOVE them!!!!  Nice presentation!

[Roz]

Me too Still a few weeks to wait though

[allender]

Does Royal Mail have a hidden service where overseas customers can shop for Christmas presents? 

[Roz]

I don't see why you couldn't buy them... after all, the Royal Mail shouldn't be scared of posting overseas - just try ordering through their online shop.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/shop?catId=9300091&pageId=shp_prdlist&category=cat48830006&gear=shop

If anyone has any probs or they won't ship abroad you can always ask me to help

[Morningangel-Iola]

Have you heard they are treatening to strike on HP day!

[allender]

I don't see why you couldn't buy them... after all, the Royal Mail shouldn't be scared of posting overseas - just try ordering through their online shop.

Kewl, I hadn't stumbled across that location. It's Royal Mail, they'll take money from everybody.

And if they strike on HP Day, we can tell them that both Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort can understand and speak parcelforce.

[Nienna]

Kewl, I hadn't stumbled across that location. It's Royal Mail, they'll take money from everybody.

And if they strike on HP Day, we can tell them that both Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort can understand and speak parcelforce.

[Roz]

I don't see why you couldn't buy them... after all, the Royal Mail shouldn't be scared of posting overseas - just try ordering through their online shop.

Kewl, I hadn't stumbled across that location. It's Royal Mail, they'll take money from everybody.

Yes they do ship overseas guys

I got a flyer through the post with all kinds of details about them... quite a nicely produced thing in itself.

[Roz]

Double post alert. But i just wanted to say that i have picked up my stamp sets and sent off my first day cover. Well i havent looked through everything properly but it looks great. I especially like the spell sheet. Great stuff.