New stamps celebrate ‘magnificent’ items in Royal Armouries collection

A twelve caller stamps being issued to observe the Royal Armouries person been revealed by the Royal Mail.

Eight stamps successful the main acceptable volition amusement examples of armour made betwixt 1520 and 1686 which were owned by monarchs including Henry VIII and Charles I.

A further 4 stamps, presented successful a miniature sheet, amusement different treasures from the postulation including a uncommon sword and scabbard from the Ming dynasty, a Japanese helmet from the Edo play and a European sword bearing Arabic inscriptions.

David Gold, Royal Mail’s manager of outer affairs and policy, said: “These stamps amusement magnificent examples of craftsmanship, engineering and precocious fashion, proving that for royal warriors of the past, dressing to impressment was arsenic important connected the battlefield arsenic anyplace else.

“We are grateful to the Royal Armouries for allowing america to stock conscionable a fewer examples from their collection”.

Jack Wanstall, elder licensing and partnerships manager astatine the Royal Armouries, said: “The Royal Armouries is delighted to beryllium moving successful concern with Royal Mail to showcase a enactment of objects from our postulation of implicit 75,000 pieces of history.

“Each entity tells a communicative and we anticipation these stunning pieces volition animate curiosity astir the relation of arms and armour successful shaping our world.”