My Favourite Stamps

Here I'll post some of my favourite stamps.

This is, in no way, meant to say, "What a great stamp, what a great issuing authority, I must subscribe to these." They are stamps that, for one reason or another, I find attractive.

There is this set of regional definitives on a cover of Scotland from Royal Mail. I've only ever seen the 1st and 2nd class pictorial stamps on postage. I've never seen the Machin designs. That might be because I no longer live up there and/or no-one sends letters with stamps on them anyway.

What's so special about these then?

I'm glad you asked! :)

The Machins I like anyway - simple design, nice choice of colours. They exist in all sorts - different printers, different shades, different security features. You could spend all day with a magnifying glass checking them out. I wouldn't. They are still being issued and most likely won't change until the monarch does. I wonder what will replace them?

The Regional Definitives I like; possibly the Scottish blood in me.

The designs again are simple enough and they all bellow out, "Scotland!" The Saltire, The Lion Rampant, the Thistle, and the Plaid/Tartan. They, too, are still being issued. I also wonder what will happen at the end of the year if the Scots vote "Yes" for independence.

As usual, feel free to pass any comment on these, whether you agree with me or not.