Sunday Stamps at Easter

I had to look hard to find an Easter connection for this week's theme. I decided to stay in the UK with these stamps depicting cathedrals.

Great Britain - Cathedrals

These are four from a set of six issued on 28 May 1969 depicting British Architecture (Cathedrals). 

They are (clockwise from top left):

• Durham Cathedral
• York Minster
• Canterbury Cathedral
• St Giles, Edinburgh

We live halfway between Durham and York.

The other two in the set are:

• St Paul's Cathedral (9d)
• Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (10d)

If I was going to show flowers then it just had to be some daffodils.

Great Britain - Daffodils

 These are from a set of Spring Wild Flowers issued on 21 March 1979. There is no sign of flowers on our daffodils today.

Why did I choose to show these and not the rest of the set? Well, the Norwegian word for daffodil is  

påskelilje, or Easter Lily.

For more Easter connections then cross over to Sunday-Stamps-116.

British Architecture - Sunday Stamps

I've had these stamps in mind for a long time, waiting for the right theme.

British Architecture - Cathedrals

These stamps were issued on 28 May 1969. The cathedrals are from the top:

• Durham Cathedral  and York Minster
• St Giles Edinburgh and Canterbury Cathedral
• St Paul's Cathedral and Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

The colours have not scanned well and tend to be deeper and harsher than on the actual stamps.

For more architecture check the stamps posted by others at Viridian's Sunday Stamps 65