A set of four commemoratives on British Fairs were issued on 5 October 1983. I only have the first of these.
From 2002 I found some circus stamps
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| Great Britain - Merry-go-round |
The other three covered
- 20.1/2p Big wheel, Helter Skelter and Performing Animals
- 28p Sideshows
- 31p Early Produce Fair
From 2002 I found some circus stamps
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| Great Britain - Lion Tamer |
You'll notice that this First Class stamp was a Europa issue. However the 45p stamps was not.
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| Great Britain - Krazy Kar |
These two were part of a set of 5 issued on 10 April 2002. The others were:
- Slack wire act (Second class stamp)
- Trick Tri-cyclists (Europa)
- Equestrienne (65p)
Viridian's theme for this week has been 'circus clowns or fun fairs' - to see other contributions check out the links at Sunday-stamps-175.
12 comments:
Snap for the 1983 issue but the 2002 stamps passed me by completely.
I love those old merry go rounds and there a surprising number still around to delight. Like Sheila I missed the 2002 stamps and found also I did not possess any of that year Europa stamps from any other country either, strange.
And snap for me with the 2002 set. I prefer the subject of your first stamp however - no real animals involved.
I have the PHQ Sideshows card from the first set, but not the others in the set.
I remember the 1983 one, but totally missed the 2002 stamps. Those are great designs, especially the lion tamer.
OK enlighten me, what's a Europa stamp? Attractive stamps and full of colour.
All three stamps look gorgeous!
Lion Tamer is my favorite.
Happy Father's Day, Bob!
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Thank you for posting a larger size for these stamps - they are marvelous.
Jo - you can read about Europa stamps on wikipedia and see what the themes have have been/will be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_postage_stamp
Beautiful illustrations!
I think the one with the lion funny - looks as if the lion is more afraid of the tamer than the other way round, or just wondering what that human's head is looking for in his mouth.
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