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The Battle of Hastings
On October 14, 1066, the Battle of Hastings took place near the town of Hastings in what is now called Battle. It was a clash between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold...
British bridges
The 1968 stamp issuance programme of the British Post included a series of four stamps with the theme: bridges. The reason for choosing bridges is not stated in the programme. The series was issued on 29 April 1968....
Paintings in the Christmas spirit
The three British Post Christmas stamps were issued on two different dates in 1967. Actually somewhat strange, because the proofs for the three stamps were approved jointly on August 11, 1967. But Edward Short, then Director-General of the British...
The first Christmas stamps of Great Britain
The British postal service issued the first Christmas stamps for Great Britain on December 1, 1966. The two stamps featured children's drawings. The two drawings were chosen from more than five thousand entries that were the result of a broadcast of 'Blue...
