Royal Mail marks Winnie-the-Pooh centenary with new stamp collection
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Royal Mail is issuing 10 stamps to celebrate the 100th anniversary of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, published in 1926.
Royal Mail is issuing a collection of 10 stamps to honour the centenary of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, which was originally published on 14 October 1926. The stamps feature the illustrations of E. H. Shepard that introduced generations to the adventures of Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
The main set includes six stamps featuring Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Tigger, and a scene of Pooh alongside Christopher Robin. A further four stamps, presented in a miniature sheet, depict a birthday picnic in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Winnie the Pooh, also known as Edward Bear or Pooh Bear, first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News for Christmas Eve in 1925. The character was inspired by a stuffed toy Milne bought for his son, Christopher Robin, at Harrods, and a bear named Winnie they viewed at London Zoo.
The first collection of stories was published in 1926, followed by The House at Pooh Corner in 1928. Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book When We Were Very Young in 1924 and many more in Now We Are Six in 1927.
David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal Mail, said the stamp collection celebrates 'A. A. Milne's timeless stories and the iconic illustrations of E. H. Shepard that have introduced generations to the adventures of the world's most famous bear'.
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