Way before the issue of postage stamps and the Pony Express there was a Postboy blowing a Post Horn ...
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| Great Britain - 7 July 1960 |
... commemorating the Tercentenary of the Establishment of the General Letter Office.
The British Discovery and Invention set in 1967 included 'Penicillium notatum'
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| Great Britain - 19 September 1967 |
For more 'P' related stamps just follow the links at Post Crossing on Sunday Stamps
5 comments:
Post and Science... Great topics for today, and great stamps as well.
Love that galloping horse and of course the post horn, imagining the sound approaching an inn.
From sesquicentennial to tercentennial...!
great stamps!
Last time it was 'sesquicentennial' now it is 'Tercentenary'... one always ends up learning something
and this is from a time when the Queen stamps still werent boring... at least to me :)
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