British Jane Austen stamps


Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice stamp

From daily The Morning Star in Britain:

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Thursday 21 February 2013

The Royal Mail unveiled a set of six new stamps today depicting all of Jane Austen‘s published novels to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice.

All six, including this one shown outside the Jane Austen’s House Museum in Hampshire, are now on sale.

See also here.

Jane Austen stamps – in pictures: here.

A TWITTER troll bombarded a Labour MP with a series of abusive messages after she supported a successful campaign to feature Jane Austen on the Β£10 note, a court heard yesterday: here.

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