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Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Oct. 11 2009, 23:20 The UK's Royal Mail is planning on releasing a Tubular Bells first class stamp as part of a series featuring classic album covers on January 7th 2010. The Royal Mail website currently carries no mention of them, but details and pictures are available on the Norvic Philatelics website. Thanks, Andy White Update January 2010: The stamps are now on sale. As well as the usual outlets in the UK, you can buy them from the Royal Mail online store Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Oct. 12 2009, 03:33 How cool, glad to see they have Pink Floyd too, and that they have choosen a different album than Dark Side for a change. Back to top

Holger Group: Members Posts: 1506 Joined: Feb. 2003 Posted: Oct. 12 2009, 04:10 Very nice! Ommadawn would have been even better though...   Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 12 2009, 07:14 Hmmm nice idea.Odd that they've chosen The Division Bell though.If we're talking Classic Albums then surely it would have to be Dark Side over Division Bell.I agree that Dark Side has been done to death but i don't see The Division Bell as Classic or in anything like the same league as Dark Side.Stramge.Wonder how many of these will get lost in postal strikes. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

^NabLa^ Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Oct. 12 2009, 09:40 Where can you buy this stuff? Just hop around the nearest post office? -------------- ^NabLa^ Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Oct. 12 2009, 11:16 Quote (The Caveman @ Oct. 12 2009, 12:14) Hmmm nice idea.Odd that they've chosen The Division Bell though.If we're talking Classic Albums then surely it would have to be Dark Side over Division Bell.I agree that Dark Side has been done to death but i don't see The Division Bell as Classic or in anything like the same league as Dark Side.Stramge.Wonder how many of these will get lost in postal strikes. I don`t think they`re all meant to be "classic albums" Caveman but as Korgscrew puts it there "Classic Album Covers" . It`s just that Tubular Bells happens to fall into both categories I suppose.Looking at the other albums on the list there for instance,you might say Mike has the rest of the competition licked.   Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Oct. 13 2009, 03:22 That's painfull Dirk mate! -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

captainjjb Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Oct. 14 2009, 17:24 do you think Mike might sign the first 500, or maybe the first 530 just in case? Back to top

The Big BellEnd Group: Members Posts: 971 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: Oct. 14 2009, 18:02 I can see it now, all the other's will look OK but,,,,,, problems with the Tubular Bells stamp etc, etc, etc. In reality though this could be a spoof, simply coz, as cover's go if one was to pick a Pink Floyd  cover, surely it would be The Dark Side Of The Moon. -------------- I, ON THE OTHER HAND. AM A VICTIM OF YOUR CARNIVOUROUS LUNAR ACTIVITY. Back to top

Pat Gleeson Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: Oct. 15 2009, 14:27 Quote (^NabLa^ @ Oct. 12 2009, 14:40) Where can you buy this stuff? Just hop around the nearest post office? Once they're available, I'm sure you could buy a book of these stamps just like any other. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Oct. 16 2009, 17:12 There was a small note on this on brazilian press today,and they didn't forget our beloved Mike \o/ -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Oct. 16 2009, 18:32 Quote (Dirk Star @ Oct. 12 2009, 15:16) Quote (The Caveman @ Oct. 12 2009, 12:14) Hmmm nice idea.Odd that they've chosen The Division Bell though.If we're talking Classic Albums then surely it would have to be Dark Side over Division Bell.I agree that Dark Side has been done to death but i don't see The Division Bell as Classic or in anything like the same league as Dark Side.Stramge.Wonder how many of these will get lost in postal strikes. I don`t think they`re all meant to be "classic albums" Caveman but as Korgscrew puts it there "Classic Album Covers" . It`s just that Tubular Bells happens to fall into both categories I suppose.Looking at the other albums on the list there for instance,you might say Mike has the rest of the competition licked.   Let It Bleed, and Ziggy Stardust, they're also cool albums musically and artistically as in photography.   How about Brain Salad Surgery and In The Court Of The Crimson King, they're classics too. I also like the cover to Queen's News Of The World, but I think Kelly Freas is American, so wouldn't count .       -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Oct. 16 2009, 19:44 As for the other albums' covers,The Division Bell and Parklife are also awesome. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Oct. 18 2009, 00:23 aww my favorite modern pink floyd album.. how cool.. tb was not a suprise.. he he.. -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Nov. 07 2009, 06:30 When I get to think of it, the Platinum sleeve already looks like a hungarian stamp from the 70s. Nothing wrong with that though, I was an avid "Magyar Posta" collector when I was a kid. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Nov. 07 2009, 19:37 Cool! Pity its just the UK. Send me some snail mail with the TB stamp. Definitely a collectors item! Deb Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Nov. 07 2009, 22:20 Deb, This last message from you repeated six times--I've deleted them. I am going to prowl around and see if there are other threads with repeating posts from folks--hopefully not a glitch! M-C -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Nov. 07 2009, 22:20 p.s. those stamps are totally kewl, indeed. Hope to get some, as well! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Nov. 08 2009, 03:51 Hi MC can you check out the posting prob. When sending, it re directs, sometimes 4 times then i get a drop out. Happy prowling for the gremlins! Cheers, Deb Back to top

smillsoid Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Dec. 2008 Posted: Nov. 08 2009, 15:58 They should have included Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove"! -------------- http://www.reverbnation.com/simonjmills Back to top

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