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British pictorials in pipeline Rumours that the upcoming Scotland issue – out on July 15 this year – of six stamps would be the first in a series of 10 planned new regional pictorial issues have been confirmed by Royal Mail. The series will go under the title ‘A British Journey’, taking its inspiration from J.B. Priestley’s An English Journey, and it will see new pictorials for Northern Ireland, Wales and London coming out during 2004. The idea behind July 2003’s initial Scotland issue is that it will remain on sale indefinitely and a Royal Mail spokesman told STAMP MAGAZINE: ‘We are looking to tap into a market for incoming visitors to that area’. The second set in the new regional series will be the Northern Ireland stamps which will arrive in March 2004, and then they will be followed up by the Wales issue in June 2004 and a London set in July next year. To date no exact design ideas have been revealed by Royal Mail but it’s fair to say that the series is likely to continue in the attractive pictorial style of the Scotland issue. The Scotland issue features landscapes shot by some of the country’s best known photographers, including Colin Baxter. Royal Mail’s Gavin Macrae explained: ‘This will be the first of a series and what we are trying to do with it is invite the viewer into the landscape via an attractive feature’. The Scotland pictorial set will run alongside its existsing emblematic regionals (pictured). |
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