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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 04:15pm on 15/06/2009
Good things in stamps:

Last month, the French post office released a history of chocolate in ten chocolate-scented stamps.

This month (tomorrow), the UK post office is releasing a set of mythical creatures stamps, illustrated by Dave McKean.

Also, back in March, the UK post office released a set of stamps dedicated to "Pioneers of the Industrial Revolution".
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posted by [identity profile] d-aulnoy.livejournal.com at 03:26pm on 15/06/2009
My question is, do the Dave McKean stamps smell authentically like the mythical creatures that they depict? Because I *do* so love the smell of sphinx in the morning.
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 04:08pm on 15/06/2009
Unicorns come in all sorts of interesting scents - perhaps that's how we modern readers can tell the breeds of unicorns apart from each other? I wonder - if the stamps were scented - which breed of unicorn was chosen for these?
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posted by [identity profile] kukla-red.livejournal.com at 03:39pm on 15/06/2009
I HAVE to get a set of the mythical creature stamps! I'm coming to London in August (are you free at all then? [livejournal.com profile] taldragon and I will definitely be meeting up) and I must find a post office. So cool!
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 04:08pm on 15/06/2009
Yes, August is currently a fairly versatile month for me and I'm not planning on leaving the country then. Surely we could coordinate schedules then.
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posted by [identity profile] kukla-red.livejournal.com at 08:55pm on 15/06/2009
O yay! I'm not sure what the exact dates are yet but I will be somewhere in the vicinity of 128-129 Cheapside
London, England EC2V 6BT, which is where our London office is located.
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posted by [identity profile] makyo.livejournal.com at 04:54pm on 15/06/2009
Thanks for the reminder about the Dave McKean stamps - I'd been meaning to get a set. So I've just bought a first day cover for the first time in nearly thirty years.
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posted by [identity profile] the-lady-lily.livejournal.com at 06:00pm on 15/06/2009
Hurrah, Josiah Wedgewood has his classical motifs behind him!

The McKean stamps are good fun.
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posted by [identity profile] targaff.livejournal.com at 08:17pm on 15/06/2009
Why is everyone so excited about the mythical stamps? CHOCOLATE STAMPS, PEOPLE.
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posted by [identity profile] kukla-red.livejournal.com at 08:55pm on 15/06/2009
Nah, chocolate is for eating :-)
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