While I understand that many people in the UK are still feeling a little bitter towards the Royal Mail after weeks of on-again off-again postal strikes, there is now a good reason for military history fans and collectors to take a trip down to their local post office.
That reason is the “British Army Uniform” stamp set that was released this September. This little set include six stamps depicting soldiers from British History, starting with an English Civil War Cavalier and running up to the present day. Better yet, the images for the stamps were all painted by long-time Osprey artist Graham Turner!
If that wasn’t enough to make this set a necessary buy, the stamps come in a foldout, cardstock envelope, covered in more great illustrations. The outside has a nice painting called The Scottish Regiments of the British Army in 1895 by R Simkin. Inside, is a large-picture of a British Napoleonic Rifleman (also on one of the stamps) surrounded by close-ups of most of his equipment. It looks very much like a plate right out of an Osprey Warrior book.
Considering the cost of most military collectables these days, it is nice to be able to walk into the local post office and walk out with a great little set of artwork for less than five pounds.
However, if you can’t make it to the post office, you can also order the set online at the link above. Of course, if you do that, you’ll have to wait 5 to 10 days for shipping…