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Autumn Stampex - 2014

DS "Union Flag" 

Themed stamp sheet available from Royal Mail's Post and Go Facility at the Autumn Stampex event held 17-20 September in Islington, London. 

Issue Date: 17 Sep 2014 

Bletchley Park Mansion

DS "Robin in Letterbox" 

This image of Bletchley Park's iconic mansion was created by Jenny H and Martin Struik of C and A Images to show how it would have looked in the 1940s before "modern" street decoration. Restoration work recently completed now enables visitors to get a better idea of what the mansion area was like during the Second World War years.

Issue Date:  30 Sep 2014

Bletchley Park Post Office and Bicycle

DS "Robin in Letterbox" 

Photograph by Jenny H and Martin Struik of C and A Images shows Bletchley Park Post Office with its 1940s bicycle. Originally the small building in the centre of the logo above served as the Butler's quarters close to the kitchens, cellar and stores on that side of Bletchley park mansion. When Bletchley Park became a top secret code breaking base at the start of World War Two it became a mailroom using undercover PO Box numbers such as PO Box 111 Bletchley.

Issue Date:  30 Sep 2014

Wembley Stadium, London

DS "Union Flag" 

This painting of Wembley Stadium is by DJ Rogers of Sports Stadia Art who specialise in high quality representations of iconic sports stadia. They have provided Bletchley Stamp Art with exclusive use of their images for philatelic use. The first to be issued features England's national football stadium.

Issue Date: 30 Sep 2014 

Olympic Stadium, London

DS "England - Lion and Shield" 

The one hundredth Smiler sheet issued from Bletchley Park Post Office features the Olympic stadium in Stratford, East London. The painting by DJ Rogers of Sports Stadia Art captures the iconic stadium that will be at the centre of British sport for some time to come. The Rugby World Cup in 2015 followed by football and athletics 2016/17. 

Issue Date: 30 Sep 2014