Britain’s Post Office is celebrating what it’s defined as “75 Years of British Comics” with a special issue of stamps featuring the covers of various much-loved comics, including 2000AD and The Beano.
Set to be released on 20th March 2012, the offer also includes two First Fay Covers featuring Boys Own and Girls Own – with a special ‘Eagle’ postmark.
The stamps comprise The Dandy (featuring Desperate Dan), The Beano (Dennis the Menace), Eagle (Dan Dare), Topper (Beryl the Peril), Tiger (Roy of the Rovers), Bunty (The Four Marys), Buster (Buster), Valiant (The Steel Claw), Twinkle (Twinkle), and 2000AD (Judge Dredd).
The stamps serve to indicate not just comics still going strong but just how many are no longer around, but it’s great to see the Post Office promoting our industry in this way, even if British comics have been published for much longer than 75 years.
This release follows on the heels of commemorative issues such as one celebrating the work of author Roald Dahl on 10th January and Classic Locomotives on 8th February.
• There’s more details about the release on the British First Day Covers web site here: www.bfdc.co.uk/2012/comics
• The full Special Stamp Programme for 2012 is as follows:
5t January – Olympic and Paralympic Definitives
10th January – Roald Dahl
2nd February – House of Windsor
6th February – Diamond Jubilee Definitives
23rd February – Britons of Distinction
8th March – Classic Locomotives of Scotland
20th March – Comics
10th April – A-Z of Britain Part 2
15th May – Great British Fashion
31st May – Diamond Jubilee
19th June – Charles Dickens
27th July – Welcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games
29th August – Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games
27th September – Memories of the London 2012
16th October – Dinosaurs
30th October – Space Science
6th November – Christmas
• For more on British Stamps visit the British Postal Museum and Archive
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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