Following the idea that the music is an universal language, Royal Mail has designed a set of five stamps for the 2006 Europe issue. The Sounds of Britain set will be available from Post Office branches on October 3.
The Europe theme for 2006 is Cultural Diversity, and Royal Mail has chosen to explore it through the universal language of music. The UK has long been a melting pot for musical ideas and British musicians have taken these influences, modified them and put them together again to create their own sounds.
British Philatelic Bulletin, August 2006
The stamps feature: 1st class Asian sitar and dancer; 42p Caribbean bass player and drum player; 50p Irish fiddle and a harpist; 72p black American blues saxophonist and guitarist and £1.19 Latin America maracas and a pair of dancers.
Technical details
- Date of issue: 3/Oct/2006
- Printer: Cartor Security Print
- Printing process: lithography
- Stamp size: 37 x 35 mm.
- Sheets: 25 and 50
- Perforation: 14 x 14-1/2
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