February 20, 2013

Jane Austen Stamps Go on Sale… In the UK

To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, Royal Mail has issued a stamp for each of Austen’s six books. imageThis is not the first set of Jane Austen stamps issued by Royal Mail but I think the new ones are much better-looking. imageRoyal Mail said that letters posted in Chawton in Hampshire, where Austen spent her last years, and Steventon, near Basingstoke, where she was born, will have a special postmark for a week, featuring the Pride and Prejudice quote "Do anything rather than marry without affection".

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4 comments:

  1. MarchelineFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    People should have that line tattooed on them at birth. Not enough people remember it.

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  2. ilovelimegreenFebruary 21, 2013 at 12:34 AM

    I need a set!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 1:30 AM

    so residents in the UK continue to take pen to paper and send letters, handwritten notes of correspondence, words of wisdom to students graduating from school, etc-- how charming and civilized.

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  4. BRASWELLFebruary 21, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    I adore these..must have them! xxpeggybraswelldesign.com

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