Features In pics: Royal Mail set to release new set of stamps featuring songbirds By Alan Jones May 4, 2017, 12:05 am The stamps explore some familiar and less well-known varieties of songbirds, to mark International Dawn Chorus Day (Royal Mail/PA Wire) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A NEW set of stamps featuring songbirds, including the cuckoo and nightingale, is being launched by the Royal Mail. The 10 first class stamps go on sale on Thursday, ahead of International Dawn Chorus Day on May 7. (Royal Mail/PA Wire) (Royal Mail/PA Wire) The stamps feature the great tit, wren, willow warbler, goldcrest, skylark, blackcap, song thrush, nightingale, cuckoo and yellowhammer. Royal Mail spokesman Philip Parker said: “These exquisite stamps are a timely reminder of the wealth of birdsong to be enjoyed at this time of year.” (Royal Mail/PA Wire) (Royal Mail/PA Wire) Royal Mail has also created an animated version of the artwork on the nightingale stamp along with an audio clip of its song. (Royal Mail/PA Wire) (Royal Mail/PA Wire) The company worked with author Simon Barnes, who has written a number of books on birds and bird watching. (Royal Mail/PA Wire) (Royal Mail/PA Wire) (Royal Mail/PA Wire) Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe More from The Sunday Post China ‘flooding Britain with counterfeit Royal Mail stamps’ Royal Mail marks 100th anniversary of special stamps Plans to cut Royal Mail deliveries ‘could worsen patient safety risks’ What is being proposed under the Royal Mail delivery shake-up and why?
