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Sunday, 15 June 2014

Circus Acts/Fairs - Sunday Stamps

A set of four commemoratives on British Fairs were issued on 5 October 1983. I only have the first of these.
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
Great Britain - Lion Tamer  
You'll notice that this First Class stamp was a Europa issue. However the 45p stamps was not.

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.
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12 comments:

  1. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day15 June 2014 at 10:18

    Snap for the 1983 issue but the 2002 stamps passed me by completely.

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  2. Joy15 June 2014 at 12:05

    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.

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  3. Little Nell15 June 2014 at 12:40

    And snap for me with the 2002 set. I prefer the subject of your first stamp however - no real animals involved.

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  4. Postcardy15 June 2014 at 13:05

    I have the PHQ Sideshows card from the first set, but not the others in the set.

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  5. Lisa B15 June 2014 at 13:43

    I remember the 1983 one, but totally missed the 2002 stamps. Those are great designs, especially the lion tamer.

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  6. Jo15 June 2014 at 13:57

    OK enlighten me, what's a Europa stamp? Attractive stamps and full of colour.

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  7. Mail Adventures15 June 2014 at 14:10

    All three stamps look gorgeous!

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  8. luvlinens15 June 2014 at 15:26

    Lion Tamer is my favorite.

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  9. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©15 June 2014 at 17:46

    Happy Father's Day, Bob!
    ~

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  10. VioletSky15 June 2014 at 17:57

    Thank you for posting a larger size for these stamps - they are marvelous.

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  11. Bob Scotney15 June 2014 at 19:18

    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

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  12. Heleen16 June 2014 at 20:14

    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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