03 June 2015
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World Wildlife Fund stamp on postbox in Woking
Royal Mail is installing 50 plaques with images of some of the most popular stamps on 50 post boxes in locations across the country ...
Royal Mail’s modern Special Stamp programme which celebrates the heritage and culture of the UK, marks its 50th anniversary in 2015. As part of the celebrations, Royal Mail is installing fifty plaques with images of some of the most popular stamps on fifty post boxes in locations across the country.
Each of the 50 postboxes is located in one of the UK’s cities, towns or villages that has a special connection with the featured stamp.
Andrew Hammond, Director Stamps & Collectibles, Royal Mail said: 'The UK’s towns and cities have influenced stamp designs over the past 50 years. At the same time, our iconic red postboxes have formed memorable landmarks across the country since 1852. We are delighted to bring the two together, creating new points of interest around the UK in celebration of our stamps heritage.'
The first fifty years of Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has featured a total of 2,663 stamps.
Royal Mail's special stamps are previewed in every issue of Stamp & Coin Mart magazine.
WIN! Every GB stamp issued in 2015!
To celebrate Royal Mail's fifty stamps post box promotion, we're inviting you to send in a photo of your local post box featuring one of the special stamp plaques. Why not pose next to the post box to add a personal touch, perhaps holding your latest copy of Stamp & Coin Mart magazine?
One winner will be picked at random from the entries and will win a Royal Mail 2015 Year Book, courtesy of Royal Mail. Full T&Cs below.
To enter, simply e-mail your photograph to: [email protected]
See below for the full list of the fifty post boxes and the stamps featured:
Photo competition terms and conditions:
Closing date: 11 September, 2015
Photographs can also be sent in by post: Stamp & Coin Mart Postbox Photo Competition (Code SCM), Warners Group Publications, Fifth Floor, 31-32 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5JD.
Winner will be picked at random from entries.
Photograph must show post box featuring Royal Mail's special stamp plaque.
Editor's decision is final.
Each of the 50 postboxes is located in one of the UK’s cities, towns or villages that has a special connection with the featured stamp.
Andrew Hammond, Director Stamps & Collectibles, Royal Mail said: 'The UK’s towns and cities have influenced stamp designs over the past 50 years. At the same time, our iconic red postboxes have formed memorable landmarks across the country since 1852. We are delighted to bring the two together, creating new points of interest around the UK in celebration of our stamps heritage.'
The first fifty years of Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has featured a total of 2,663 stamps.
Royal Mail's special stamps are previewed in every issue of Stamp & Coin Mart magazine.
WIN! Every GB stamp issued in 2015!
To celebrate Royal Mail's fifty stamps post box promotion, we're inviting you to send in a photo of your local post box featuring one of the special stamp plaques. Why not pose next to the post box to add a personal touch, perhaps holding your latest copy of Stamp & Coin Mart magazine?
One winner will be picked at random from the entries and will win a Royal Mail 2015 Year Book, courtesy of Royal Mail. Full T&Cs below.
To enter, simply e-mail your photograph to: [email protected]
See below for the full list of the fifty post boxes and the stamps featured:
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Stamp Winston Churchill Millennium Centre Dylan Thomas Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Llandudno Pier Tenby Lifeboat CS Lewis Narnia Peace Bridge The Giant's Causeway Armagh Observatory Edinburgh Castle Glasgow Tram Comics, Beano Andy Murray winning Wimbledon Sir Walter Scott Golf Robert Burns Blackpool Tower Manchester Town Hall Liverpool Cathedral Richard Arkwright inventor Wallace and Gromit Eddystone Lighthouse Met Office Abbotsbury Swannery Chamberlain Square Biddulph Grange Severn Valley Railway William Shakespeare Charles Darwin Leicester University The Oak Stamp Ely Cathedral E-type jaguar Max Perutz York Minster High Level Bridge Nicola Adams Olympics Jessica Ennis Olympics The Deep Derwentwater Wembley Bagpuss World Wildlife Fund Magna Carta Timekeeper Queen's Jubilee stamp 50th anniversary of the BBC Sherlock Holmes Mary Seacole |
Location Woodstock, Oxfordshire Cardiff Swansea Wrexham Llandudno Tenby Belfast Derry/Londonderry Antrim Armagh Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee Dunblane Abbotsford - Scottish Borders St Andrews Alloway, Ayr Blackpool Manchester Liverpool Preston Bristol Plymouth Exeter Abbotsbury, Dorset Birmingham Stoke Worcester Stratford upon Avon Shrewsbury Leicester Nottinghamshire Ely Coventry Cambridge York Newcastle Leeds Sheffield Hull Lake District Wembley Canterbury Woking Runnymede Greenwich London Portland Place London Baker St, London Brixton, London |
Photo competition terms and conditions:
Closing date: 11 September, 2015
Photographs can also be sent in by post: Stamp & Coin Mart Postbox Photo Competition (Code SCM), Warners Group Publications, Fifth Floor, 31-32 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5JD.
Winner will be picked at random from entries.
Photograph must show post box featuring Royal Mail's special stamp plaque.
Editor's decision is final.
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