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Jim Cheung Draws DC Comics Superheroes For British Royal Mail Stamps

Published Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:57:10 -0500

British comic book creator Jim Cheung and colourist Laura Martin have drawn 18 new stamps for British Royal Mail featuring DC Comics superheroes, villains, and allies. Special gift items from the Royal Mail also include first-day cover editions postmarked to Gotham in Nottinghamshire or Justice Town in Carlisle, both real places, if that is what you are after. The 12 stamps in the main set feature Batman, Robin, Alfred, Batwoman, Batgirl, Nightwing, The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, and The Riddler. A further six stamps include Batman, Jessica Cruz Green Lantern and Barry Allen Flash, Wonder Woman, Superman, Cyborg and Aquaman, Supergirl, and Shazam.

The full set of 18 stamps, available in a Presentation Pack, retails at £16.20. The stamps and a range of collectible products are available to pre-order from today at www.royalmail.com/dccollection and go on general sale from 17 September.

Here's the First Day Cover collection you can have sent to you officially from Gotham.

And from Justice Town

The Batman set…

The mini-sheet of extra Justice League stamps. And yes, it is notable that Jessica Cruz is the Green Lantern of choice here.

You can also buy special prints showing Jim Cheung's artwork for the stamps in pencils and inks and then with Laura Martin's colours, for both Batman and The Joker.Or, you know, you can just buy lots and lots and lots of stamps…

Royal Mail Group is a British multinational postal service and courier company, originally established in 1516 as a department of the English government. The company's subsidiary, Royal Mail Group Limited, operates the brands Royal Mail (letters) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). GLS Group, an international logistics company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group. The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK. Letters and parcels are deposited in post or parcel boxes or are collected in bulk from businesses and transported to Royal Mail sorting offices. Royal Mail owns and maintains the UK's distinctive red pillar boxes, first introduced in 1852, many of which bear the initials of the reigning monarch. Deliveries are made at least once every day except Sundays and bank holidays at uniform charges for all UK destinations. Royal Mail generally aims to make first-class deliveries the next business day throughout the nation. The Royal Mail was a public service for most of its history, operating as a government department or public corporation. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2013. Initially, the UK government retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail but sold its remaining shares in 2015, ending 499 years of state ownership.

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