January 13, 2009

First Class Mail

Before I show you the rest of Flip's house, I thought I'd share the new series of stamps issued by the UK's Royal Mail. They celebrate classics of British design over the last 60+ years. Here are a few.




Aren't they great looking?
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18 comments:

  1. hello gorgeousJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    Those are framable! Frameable! ?! I'm going with the "e."

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  2. a.January 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    Saw them this morning - Simply fabulous!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    Those are terrific. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. SabinaJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    Love these!!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Lots of wonderful iconic images here. I've always loved the orange covers of Penguin books. I have a little pile in one of my bookcases that I'm finished with but haven't managed to pass along yet because I just like the way they look.

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  6. ArchitectDesign™January 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    What a great series! Did you see the ones put out last year here in the US about the mid century designers? I never got to see those really...

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  7. London CallingJanuary 13, 2009 at 2:25 PM

    Digging these. Hello Gorg was right they are frameable.

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  8. Pigtown*DesignJanuary 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM

    AD... The only ones I saw were of the Eames furnishings. They were nice (and big!).

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  9. heavy tweed jacketJanuary 13, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    British stamps are always well designed. This is a fantastic series. The annual Christmas stamp series is also worth collecting. Cool post. HTJ.

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  10. Pigtown*DesignJanuary 13, 2009 at 4:19 PM

    Tweed... I had a set from a few years ago that were christmas puddings that were great. Also ones of country lanes.

    These stamps are also the "evergreen" ones, with no monetary value on them, so that when the price changes, the stamps are still good. We're finally doing that here, too.

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  11. Easy and Elegant LifeJanuary 13, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    First class is right!

    A set framed would be fun... I have a friend who has some lovely WWII aviation stamps framed in a powder room.

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  12. AthenaeusJanuary 13, 2009 at 4:54 PM

    What great stamps, much more interesting than most. More and more stamps seem to be issued to appeal to the collector's market; though it's nothing new, it must be a higher percentage than in years past with declining postal volume.

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  13. MarnieJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:28 PM

    would love to post a letter with one of these stamps

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  14. Mrs. BlandingsJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    I do want to frame them! Totally fab.

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  15. KarenaJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:55 PM

    These are very cool! I would definitely frame them!

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  16. TBMJanuary 14, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    I have a total crush on those old minis. These are beautiful stamps. I was just looking at two UK Christmas stamps I have--totally gorgeous.

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  17. Pigtown*DesignJanuary 14, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    JAPRA... can you post some pix of the Christmas stamps?

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  18. ParisbreakfastsJanuary 14, 2009 at 12:54 PM

    Terrific ! ! !

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