13 July 2017
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Take a tour through Britain’s modern-day architecture with Landmark Buildings, Royal Mail’s ten-stamp issue which covers notable buildings ranging from national parliaments to visitor centres and galleries.
Take a tour through Britain’s modern-day architecture with Landmark Buildings, Royal Mail’s ten-stamp issue which covers notable buildings ranging from national parliaments to visitor centres and galleries.
These colourful new stamps feature landmark architecture on buildings which are part of everyday life in Britain, whether through theatre, politics, heritage or horticulture.
Royal Mail has taken inspiration from across the UK, with the ten stamps featuring buildings in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which were created between 1997 and 2016. Each of the ten public buildings was carefully designed either to blend into its surroundings (as in the case of the Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre) or to make an impact (buildings such as the eye-catching Library of Birmingham).
Proving that modern-day architects can take inspiration from the past and still produce cutting-edge building design, three of the ten buildings (Everyman Theatre, SEC Armadillo and IWM North) were either inspired by historic buildings or events, or created using reclaimed materials from older structures.
Stamp details
Issue date: 13 July, 2017
Design: GBH
Stamp size: 35mm x 35mm
Printer: International Security Printers
Print process: Lithography
Perforations: 14.5 x 14.5
Phosphor: Bars as appropriate
Gum: PVA
1st: London Aquatics Centre
1st: Library of Birmingham
1st: SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
1st: Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
1st: Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre
1st: National Assembly for Wales
1st: Eden Project
1st: Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
1st Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
1st: Switch House, Tate Modern
For an in-depth look at the stamps, read the August issue of Stamp & Coin Mart, available now.