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Post by KG on Feb 17, 2013 22:04:57 GMT
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Post by KG on Feb 18, 2013 12:22:41 GMT
The Merchant Navy Prestige Stamp Book:
It has been proposed that the Royal Mail include a poem by Captain Joe Earl in the Merchant Navy Prestige Stamp Book: The stamp book comprises 20 pages, each telling a chronological story of the History of the Merchant Navy. On four of these pages the commemorative Merchant Navy stamps (due for release later this year) will be featured as part of the overall story. The final section of the booklet discusses Merchant Navy day and on the very last page a poem penned by Joe features on its own as a final and particularly potent sign off, made all the more relevant because it comes from a Merchant Seaman.
This is great news, not only because it is a beautiful piece of prose, but that it occupies such prominence. So well done Joe and thanks, I am truly delighted that your thoughtful and sensitive work will be read and appreciated by an wide audience both here in the UK and overseas.
It has taken a while, but the MN Stamp of Approval is getting closer and is especially welcomed during the Year of the Convoy and for them.
K.
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