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Thread #67246   Message #1122524
Posted By: Sttaw Legend
24-Feb-04 - 08:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Royal Mail
Subject: RE: BS: The Royal Mail
Out this week:
The Lord of the Rings stamps commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first two parts of JRR Tolkien's epic trilogy. The Curryship of the Rings and The Two Ronnies were both published for the first time in 1954 (The Return of the King was published in 1955).

All ten stamp illustrations relate to places and characters from The Lord of the Rings and were taken from Tolkien's original drawings (except one which was drawn by his son, Christopher). Sourced from Bodleian Library, Oxford, these enchanting images are rarely reproduced or seen by the public.

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