ROYAL MAIL MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

 

On 11 March 2026   Each of the eight stamps in the main set features a montage from the film trilogy celebrating iconic characters and include hidden messaging – only detectable when using a UV light

Royal Mail, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP), has today revealed images of a set of 12 new stamps that celebrate the 25^th anniversary of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

The main set of eight stamps features a montage from the film trilogy celebrating iconic characters from across the franchise. British actors who played the characters featured are Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Ian McKellan as Gandalf, Dominic Monaghan as Merry, Billy Boyd as Pippin and Christopher Lee as Saruman.

The stamps also include hidden messaging – only detectable when using a UV light – showing Elvish writing in a ring shape.

World-Famous Pilots II from Faroe Island on 23.02.26

The release World-Famous Pilots II highlights courage and pioneering achievements early in aviation history, with the Faroe Islands playing a key role in the many attempts to cross the Atlantic by plane. Issued on 23.02.2026

Scenes from Tristan da Cunha – Coast

Issued on 16 February, 2026

On Tristan da Cunha, the boundary between land and sea defines daily life. Sheer cliffs drop into the South Atlantic, offshore stacks stand fast against the swell, and sandy beaches offer rare access points to the vast ocean that surrounds the island. In the course of a few hours, these coastal landscapes can go from calm to angry and back again, providing an ever-changing view of Tristan’s dramatic coastline.

The new “Coast” stamp issue explores this relationship through a series of perspectives taken from around the island’s northern and western shores. Hillpiece, the Hardies, Flatrocks: landmarks that are as familiar as they are formidable.

65p – The Hillpiece and the Sea Stacks

£1 – The Hillpiece and Boatharbour Bay

£2 – Looking towards Flatrocks and The Hardies

£2.50 – Aerial View of the Settlement of Edinburgh

First Day Cover – Runaway Beach towards Flatrocks

4th International Conference on BIOLOGY OF BUTTERFLIES

Fascinating Facts

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ITS Postal Auction No 76

A detailed list of “ITS Postal Auction No.76” with 145 Lots of Indian stamps, Miniature sheets, Sheet-lets, Thematic sets from different countries etc available at

https://www.scribd.com/document/345160435/ITS-Postal-Auction-No-76-Last-Date-20-05-17

Download now and send your bids as soon as possible – Last date is 20th May 2017

Scans available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/its_offers/albums/72157682509772695

Dr. Satyendra Kumar Agrawal is no more

I was very much shocked when I got a message from Mrs. Jeevan Jyoti about demise of Dr. Satyendra on 21^st of this month. It took me a long time to accept, especially as I got his last mail on 20^th of this month as Mrs. Jyoti also got his mail on the same day.

I was in touch with him from more than 25 years, although personally met him couple of times only. He was a great well-wisher not only for me but for all philatelic fraternity in the country. He always guide and inspired me to continue publication of “ITS Stamp News”, whenever I feel to discontinue the same. He selflessly wrote various articles not only for our magazine (almost for every issue) but also contributed for various other journals & bulletins in the country. He has vast knowledge about philately and has good command on his writings. He was also an excellent Cartoonist and contributed for various forums with his simply line sketches, which means a lot.

My heartfelt condolences to his family members  ...May his soul rest in peace and may god give strength to bear this loss to all his friends and family members. He may be far away from all of us now but his writings and contribution for all of us, remains in our mind always.

~ Suraj Jaitly, Editor

UNUSUAL MOTHS

Moths fold their wings back along their bodies when at rest, and de Havilland arranged for his DH.60 to do the same, so you could tow it on the road behind a car, and keep it in an ordinary garage.

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Story of Coca-Cola Bottle

INVENTION OF COCA-COLA

Colonel John Pemberton: Inventor of Coca-Cola, Postal Envelopes, Spain 2014

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