The publication of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows marks the completion of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter saga and Royal Mail is marking this with the issue of a set of 7 stamps featuring the book covers. A miniature sheet of 5 stamps depicting the Hogwarts School Crest and the crest of the 4 houses was also issued.
 
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The set of 7 stamps will
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Miniature sheet of 5 x 1st class stamps showing the Hogwarts crest and the crests of the 4 school houses Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. |
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Julietta Edgar, head of special stamps at the Royal Mail, said: "There's no doubt that JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels, published in dozens of languages worldwide, have made a phenomenal impact on our reading habits."
Royal Mail will also issue a
Smilers Sheet containing the crest stamps in the miniature sheet. These
will be self-adhesive and printed by Cartor in lithography using
thermachromic ink.
First sight of the Harry Potter Generic sheet is shown here: design of
this product is still subject to change. The first picture shows the
'cold' sheet with the names of the spells. The second picture shows the
spells, as revealed when the thermachromic ink is warmed.
There will be 20 different label/stamp combinations, requiring 4 FDCs.
Click on the sheets for larger views.
The stamps and miniature sheet
were designed by True North, and are printed by Walsall Security
Printers. The normal sheet stamps are a maximum of 27 x 37mm and are
printed in lithography. The miniature sheet (123x70mm) is printed by
lithography with stamps 20 x 24mm.
Copyright:
All stamp
and stamp product images except Norvic FDCs are copyright Royal Mail
2007. Norvic FDCs are copyright Norvic Philatelics 2007.
The images on the stamps are TM & © Warner Bros.
Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J. K.
Rowling.
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone, Cover illustrations
© 1997 Thomas Taylor; Harry Potter & the Chamber of
Secrets, Cover illustrations © 1998 Cliff Wright;
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, Cover illustrations
© 1999 Cliff Wright; Harry Potter & the Goblet of
Fire, Cover illustrations by Giles Greenfield © 2000
Bloomsbury Publishing plc;
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Cover illustrations by
Jason Cockcroft © 2003 Bloomsbury Publishing plc; Harry Potter
& the Half-Blood Prince, Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft
© 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing plc;
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Cover illustrations by
Jason Cockcroft © 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing
plc.
Other products:
Set of 7 stamps
Miniature sheet
Presentation Pack (contains 7 stamps plus MS) shown
at right -->
Smilers Sheet -
Set of 7 on Royal Mail FDC
Miniature sheet on Royal Mail FDC
Set of 13 stamp cards unused - (see below).
Special
Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown below -
these may not be to scale.
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| Ref FD740 Philatelic Bureau Official Postmark |
Ref FD741 Broom, Alcester, Official Postmark |
Ref FD741NP Broom, Alcester, Official non-pictorial Postmark |
Ref N10589 Alnwick, Northumberland |
Ref N10590 Goathland, North Yorkshire |
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CANCELLED |
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| Ref L10582 Leading the Way, Flights of Fancy, Owl Close, South Croydon |
Ref L10581 King's Cross Station, London N1 |
The postmark Harry Potter, Snape, Suffolk has been cancelled | Ref L10663 School of Wizardry, Potter's Bar |
Ref L10664 School of Flying, Broome, Bungay |
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| Ref L10650 Harry Potter TM {Gryffindor Crest} Bracknell |
Ref L10647 Harry Potter TM (Hufflepuff Crest) London W1 |
Ref N10656 (Hogwarts Crest) Alnwick Harry Potter TM |
Ref L10648 Harry Potter TM {Ravenclaw crest) London N1 | Ref W10657 Harry Potter TM {Slytherin Crest) Chipping Sodbury, Bristol |
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| Ref M10634 Phoneix Rise, Birmingham |
Ref N10636 The Potter Magic, Potter Street, Radcliffe |
Ref N10637 The Magic of Books, Potter Street, Radcliffe |
Ref L10649 Hogwarts' Express, King's Cross, London N1 |
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| Ref L10662 Spellbrook, Herts |
Ref L10661 Quidditch Lane, Cambourne |
Ref N10676 Muggleswick, Co. Durham |
Ref M10673 Nimbus, Dosthill, Tamworth |
Ref L10665 Wizards and Dragons, Bloomsbury, London WC1 |
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This page updated 20 April 2010
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