Many of today's telecommunications devices did not exist when the British Post Office issued a set of stamps in 1969 covering their technology.
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| Great Britain - 1 October 1969 |
This stamp covered international subscriber dialling.
The St Johns Ambulance Brigade celebrated its centenary in 1987 - one of the stamps issued in commemoration featured the transportation of transplants.
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| GB - 16 June 1987 |
When dinosaurs ruled the world you would not have wanted to run into this -
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| GB - 20 August 1991 |
Tyrannosaurus was included in the set commemorating Sir Richard Owen's 1841 identification of dinosaurs. 'Dinosauria' is rooted in Greek and is frequently quoted as meaning 'terrible lizard. In his 1842 report Owen refers to dinosaurs as 'fearfully great', acknowledging their large size - significantly larger than that of any living reptile.
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