The 7th February is the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens. I have been a volunteer text corrector for the Dickens Journals Online (DJO) Project. The project aims to have all his works in the magazines Household Words and All The Year Round available for reading on line in time for his birthday. As of today they are 98% complete. You can read about DJO and listen to Simon Callow explaining what's going on at
http://www.djo.org.uk/
Meanwhile the stamps I have for you this week are those issued in 1970 on the centenary of his death.
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| Charles Dickens 1812/1870 |
Top row: Pickwick Papers - Mr Pickwick and Sam (Weller); David Copperfield - Mr & Mrs Micawber
Bottom row: David Copperfield and Betsy Trotwood; Oliver Twist asking for more.
