2013 is both the 150^th anniversary of the birth of Sir Henry Royce, the motoring and aviation pioneer who co-founded Rolls Royce, and the centenary of the founding of Aston Martin.

For The British Auto Legends Series Why Not Associates has worked on a six-stamp set featuring (read more)

published August 18th, 2013

The book of four stamps feature four different pictures of the tennis star during this year’s Wimbledon tournament.

Murray became the first British man to win the singles title in 77 years when he beat number one seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Andrew Hammond from Royal Mail, said: “We are thrilled for Andy and are delighted to mark his wonderful achievement by issuing a set of special stamps.

“His historic win at Wimbledon has made the nation proud, and we can now celebrate his success with this new stamp issue.”

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published August 15th, 2013

Article X of The Treaty of Utrecht 1713 (English translation)

The Catholic King does hereby, for himself, his heirs and successors, yield to the Crown of Great Britain the full and entire propriety of the town and castle of Gibraltar, together with the port, fortifications, and forts thereunto belonging; and he gives up the said propriety to be held and enjoyed absolutely with all manner of right for ever, without any exception or impediment whatsoever.

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published July 5th, 2013

When Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was born no one could have supposed that he would rise to become Emperor of France and, due to his success in the Napoleonic Wars, become regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time.

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published May 13th, 2013