Sunday Stamps - Night Views: Great Britain

It is 80 years this weekend since  the start of the Battle of Britain so it seemed appropriate to me to show this stamp showing St Paul's Cathedral.

Great Britain - Europa. Peace and Freedom -2 May 1995

In 1940 searchlights were a regular night view over London.

You would need a telescope however for night views of these.

Great Britain - Europa, European Music Year - 14 May 1985

Which plane is which - well I recognise Saturn from its rings.

Still on the music theme 1973 saw a tour by Pink Floyd.

Great Britain - 7 July 2016

You would have to have been an astronaut to see the dark side of the actual moon,

For more night views check out the links at Sunset on Sunday Stamps

Peace or Unity - Sunday Stamps II

With the 70th VE Day commemoration this weekend I just had to show some of my favourite stamps.

Great Britain (11 June 1946)
Symbols of Peace and Reconstruction

There was a 3d stamp issued at the same time showing a dove with an olive branch. I have not managed to find one yet.

The Europa, Peace and Freedom theme of 1995 was marked by a set of stamps that included an image of a icon that survived the war unscathed.

Great Britain (2 May19950
St Paul's Cathedral and Searchlights

The Channel Islands were liberated the day after VE Day in 1945. They issued two stamps on 10 May 1948 commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Liberation , sixty-seven years ago today.

Channel Islands

These show seaweed being collected; the designs chosen by the King  are based on drawings by J R R Stobie and E Blampied.

That Europa set included a stamp showing the dove of peace. I recently came across the dove on these four stamps from Germany issued in 1947.

This morning there will be a service of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of VE Day at St Paul's Cathedral attended by the Queen.

To see what others have chosen this week just follow the links at Sunday-Stamps-ii-21.

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