I know I have shown one of these stamps before which were issued in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. However I decided to show it again with the First Class stamp from the same set.
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| Great Britain - Charles Darwin |
The other jigsaw pieces in the set represented:
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| Great Britain - Darwin - Zoology |
I do not have the others, but they were.
- 50p Ornithology (Finches)
- 56p Geology (Aerial view of Galapagos Islands)
- 72p Botany (Orchid)
- 81p Anthropology (Ape)
There were four more stamps of conventional (oblong) shape; two First Class showing a flightless cormorant, and a giant tortoise and a cactus finch; two at 81p of a marine iguana and a mocking bird
I'll keep and eye out for these with my market trader.
For other shapes and sizes check out those offered at Viridian's Sunday-stamps-125.
9 comments:
Hi Bob .. I didn't see these - they may well be in my mother's 'collection of stamps' - but Darwin is a fascinating scientist ..
What a great set .. thanks for sharing them .. Hilary
another set I missed! I was thinking that GB didn't do interesting shapes, so I am happy to be proved wrong :)
You may well find the missing ones to complete the set, a couple of weeks ago, I got the 1996 set for the children's tv (where I only had Sooty and Stingray), I might post them next week as they are nice.
these are one of my favourites by royal mail
An ingenious idea for the Darwin issue. They looked good too although I guess you would have to be careful when separating.
Jigsaw stamps?
I don't think of Darwin as elderly with a beard, I think of a much younger man, clean shaven. Don't know why.
Thank you Bob! I think one would have to be careful in separating the stamps, not to pull off the tab.
Jo's comment is interesting as I only think of Darwin as elderly with a long, white beard!
The jigsaw is interesting - did the pieces actually connect with each other, do you know?
No stamps for me this week, too busy with other things, but I wanted to see what everyone found.
They are really odd-shaped stamps!
I've never seen these before (I don't think). I love jigsaws though so they do appeal.
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