Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks

Pictorial Faststamps: Birds 2 - 24 January 2011

The second set of Faststamps depicting birds will be issued on 24 January, one of three sets to be issued this year.  As before, these will be sold from Post & Go machines at selected Post Offices across the UK and from the Philatelic Bureau at Tallents House. The second set also depicts common gadren birds and is issued in time for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Big Garden Birdwatch

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Blackbird – Turdus merula The males are black, but females are brown often with spots and streaks on their breasts. The bright orange-yellow beak and eye-ring make adult male blackbirds one of the most striking garden birds. Magpie – Pica pica With its black-and-white plumage and long tail, there is nothing else quite like the magpie. Closeup its black plumage takes on a colourful hue with a purplish-blue iridescent sheen to the wing feathers, and a green gloss to the tail. Long-tailed Tit – Aegithalos caudatus The long-tailed tit is easily recognisable with its distinctive colouring, a tail that is longer than its body, and undulating flight. Gregarious and noisy, often seen in small, excitable flocks of about 20 birds. Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs The UK's second commonest bird, its patterned plumage helps it to blend in when ground feeding, but when it flies it reveals a flash of white on the wings and outer tail feathers. Collared Dove – Streptopelia decaocto Distinctive with its buffy-pink plumage and black neck collar, it is usually seen singly or in pairs. It feeds on the ground but readily perches on roofs and wires, the collared dove is now one of our most common birds. Greenfinch – Carduelis chloris Similar in size and shape to a House Sparrow but is mainly green, with yellow in the wings and tail.  The female and young birds are duller and have brown tones on the back.

Technical details:

Products issued

The labels will be used in Post & Go machines at Post Offices around the country.
A mint set will also be available from Royal Mail's Tallents House Bureau in a pack on an attractive card with details about each of the birds featured together with an illustration of their eggs. All values in the pack are 1st Class with a philatelic branch code of 002011. Design is by The Chase with illustration by Peter Horridge. 

Although Post & Go machines are a Post Office Ltd product, Royal Mail will again produce a First Day Cover and official First Day Postmarks for these.

Special Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown here, others may be added later. These are not to scale. These postmarks cannot be obtained after the date of issue.

Ref FD1103 Philatelic Bureau Official Postmark illustrated with a map of the British Isles	Ref FD1104 Bristol official postmark illustrated with a bird's egg	Ref FD1104NP Bristol official non-pictorial postmark.	Ref M12028 Dove Green Nottingham	Ref M12029 Blackbird Croft, Birmingham
Ref M12030 Peterborough	Ref W12037 Langport, Somerset

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