Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks
Harry Potter - 17 July 2007: BUY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS!
The publication of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows marks the completion of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter saga and Royal Mail is marking this with the issue of
a set of 7 stamps featuring the book covers. A miniature sheet of 5 stamps depicting the Hogwarts School Crest and the crest of the 4 houses was also issued.
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The set of 7 stamps will have designs based on the book covers:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The stamps will be issued in a strip of 7 and are split here only for display purposes.
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Miniature sheet of 5 x 1st class stamps showing the Hogwarts crest and the crests of the 4 school houses Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.
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Julietta Edgar, head of special stamps at the Royal Mail, said: "There's no doubt that JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels, published in dozens of languages worldwide, have made a phenomenal impact on our reading habits."
Prices exclude postage & packing. To buy Harry Potter products including postmarked Royal Mail fdcs from stock please visit our online store.
Smilers Sheet
Royal Mail will also issue a Smilers Sheet containing the crest stamps in the miniature sheet. These will be self-adhesive and printed by Cartor in lithography using thermachromic ink.
First sight of the Harry Potter Generic sheet is shown here: design of this product is still subject to change.
The first picture shows the 'cold' sheet with the names of the spells. The second picture shows the spells, as revealed when the thermachromic ink is warmed.
There will be 20 different label/stamp combinations, requiring 4 FDCs. Click on the sheets for larger views.
Technical details:
The stamps and miniature sheet were designed by True North, and are printed by Walsall Security Printers.
The normal sheet stamps are a maximum of 27 x 37mm and are printed in lithography. The miniature sheet (123x70mm) is printed by lithography with stamps 20 x 24mm.
Copyright: All stamp and stamp product images except Norvic FDCs are copyright Royal Mail 2007. Norvic FDCs are copyright Norvic Philatelics 2007.
The images on the stamps are TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights © J. K. Rowling.
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone, Cover illustrations © 1997 Thomas Taylor; Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets, Cover illustrations © 1998 Cliff Wright;
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban, Cover illustrations © 1999 Cliff Wright; Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, Cover illustrations by Giles Greenfield © 2000 Bloomsbury Publishing plc;
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft © 2003 Bloomsbury Publishing plc;
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft © 2005 Bloomsbury Publishing plc;
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Cover illustrations by Jason Cockcroft © 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
Norvic Exclusive First Day Covers
As usual we have produced our own first day covers for this stamp issue. One cover will be used for both the strip of 7 'book cover' stamps
and the Hogwarts miniature sheet, and a set of 4 covers will be used for the Smilers Sheet.
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Limited edition first day cover for the set of stamps - price £7.35 postmarked NIMBUS M10673 or Alnwick N10589.
NB: The copyright statement is NOT on the covers, only on the pictures.
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Either Set of 7 FDC: Price £8.35 incl UK delivery
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| Either Set of 7 FDC: Price £9.15 Airmail worldwide
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Limited edition first day cover for the miniature sheet - price £5.95 postmarked Alnwick N10656 or SPELLBROOK L10662. |
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Either MS FDC: Price £6.95 incl UK delivery
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| Either MS FDC: Price £7.75 Airmail worldwide
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| Set and miniature sheet on pair of Norvic FDCs, price £14.00 incl UK delivery
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| Price £15.50 Airmail worldwide
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The Smilers sheet will be split to four covers, postmarked with house crest postmarks - price £18.50 per set of 4
Also available:
Set of 7 stamps mint or fine used - price £3.75
Miniature sheet mint or fine used - price £2.95
Presentation Pack (contains 7 stamps plus MS) - price £6.00 shown at right -->
Smilers Sheet - price £8.95
Set of 7 on Royal Mail FDC - price £4.95 *
Miniature sheet on Royal Mail FDC - price £3.95 *
Set of 13 stamp cards unused - price £4.95 (see below)
Sset of 12 serviced stamp cards, 12 different postmarks - price £14.95 click on the shop link below.
Prices above (except on PayPal buttons) exclude postage & packing. To buy Harry Potter products including postmarked Royal Mail fdcs from stock please visit our online store.
Special Postmarks
Postmarks available for the day of issue are shown below - these may not be to scale.
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Ref FD740
Philatelic Bureau Official Postmark |
Ref FD741
Broom, Alcester, Official Postmark |
Ref FD741NP
Broom, Alcester, Official non-pictorial Postmark |
Ref N10589
Alnwick, Northumberland |
Ref N10590
Goathland, North Yorkshire |
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CANCELLED |
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Ref L10582
Leading the Way, Flights of Fancy, Owl Close, South Croydon |
Ref L10581
King's Cross Station, London N1 |
The postmark Harry Potter, Snape, Suffolk has been cancelled |
Ref L10663 School of Wizardry, Potter's Bar |
Ref L10664 School of Flying, Broome, Bungay |
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Ref L10650
Harry Potter TM {Gryffindor Crest} Bracknell |
Ref L10647
Harry Potter TM (Hufflepuff Crest) London W1 |
Ref N10656
(Hogwarts Crest) Alnwick Harry Potter TM |
Ref L10648 Harry Potter TM {Ravenclaw crest) London N1 |
Ref W10657 Harry Potter TM {Slytherin Crest) Chipping Sodbury, Bristol |
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Ref M10634
Phoneix Rise, Birmingham |
Ref N10636
The Potter Magic, Potter Street, Radcliffe |
Ref N10637
The Magic of Books, Potter Street, Radcliffe |
Ref L10649 Hogwarts' Express, King's Cross, London N1 |
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Ref L10662
Spellbrook, Herts |
Ref L10661
Quidditch Lane, Cambourne |
Ref N10676
Muggleswick, Co. Durham |
Ref M10673 Nimbus, Dosthill, Tamworth |
Ref L10665 Wizards and Dragons, Bloomsbury, London WC1 |
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This page updated 8 December 2007
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