Hello, I thought I would write about the Royalty issue a bit more over next few days. There is a lot to write about. 

So you thought the Great Britain stamps were special..  maybe..   but have a look at the Barbuda stamp, issued for the English Monarchs series in 1970 -71 I believe.  Interesting similarity for the image of Henry IV .   A little bit of artistic touch up and colouring,  shall we say, to the Royal Mail issue.

Actually, not surprising as the image comes from a picture in Cassell's "History of England.    Arrgghh .. is nothing original anymore.   . Even Royal Mail have "copied"   ha ha .     Also,  have you noted the dates on the stamp(s)   1399 - 1413.     Did anyone think what these dates were..  Not the King's life as is often the nomenclature ( is that the right use of the word... you know what I mean) when quoting dates on stamps for a person.  These are the dates of the reign of the King.  Now be honest,  did you know that   

  Now it is about time I gave away a prize me thinks..  a nice GB FDC maybe..     so....  fourth  ( Henry IV  !!! )   email to me at cddstamps@gmail  to the reader who can tell me .. when he was made a Duke.. he was Duke of where??   and my mother lives nearby  if that helps.......... 

Enjoy your stamps..  More tomorrow on this interesting Royal Mail issue.

Best wishes.. Michael