Eric Bloodaxe (Issued on September 28, 2024)

 

First day cover (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog commemorates the 1070th anniversary of the defeat of Eric Bloodaxe. Eric Bloodaxe spent his youth as a Viking pirate. He succeeded his father Harald Fairhair as King of Norway in 931. The Norwegians soon tired of his tyrannical rule, and his younger brother Haakon overthrew him in 933. Eric left Norway and spent his time raiding Scotland and conquering Northumbria, a kingdom that included parts of present-day Scotland and England. He was King of Northumbria from 947 to 948, was overthrown, and returned to reign from 952 to 954. In 954, one of his many enemies, a Viking named Maccus, finally killed him.

The artist Tina Olah drew the artwork depicting Maccus killing Eric Bloodaxe for this stamp. It is issued imperforate and without gum (requires glue).

Cinderella philatelists will know that Eric Bloodaxe had previously appeared on two stamps issued by Lundy in 1954. This is one of them:

 

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Visit to London 2024 postal card (Issued on July 22, 2024)

Postal card with first day cancel (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog issued its second postal stationery item, a postal card, to commemorate the Laird's visit to London in 2024. The local post indicium is a photo of St. Paul's Cathedral, which the Laird planned to and did visit during his trip to London.

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Year of the Dragon (Issued on February 10, 2024)

 

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Transcamster Bog celebrates the Lunar New Year, which is the Year of the Dragon, with a stamp depicting the Chinese dragon from the Laird's coat of arms. The illustration was drawn by Derwin Mak, Laird of Transcamster Bog.

Like all other Transcamster Bog stamps, this stamp is issued imperforate and without gum, i.e., requires glue to affix to mail.

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2023 London Sheep Drive (Issued on October 28, 2023)

 

First day cover of the 2023 London Sheep Drive stamp (click on the image for a larger image)

deluxe proof (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog issued a stamp to commemorate the Laird's visit to the 2023 London Sheep Drive, which was organized by the Worshipful Company of Woolmen on September 24, 2023. The Woolmen's Company, one of the livery companies of London, organizes the annual Sheep Drive to raise money for the Woolmen's Charity and the Lord Mayor's Appeal. The Laird exercised his right as a Freeman of the City of London to herd sheep into the City across a bridge over the River Thames. Southwark Bridge was used in 2023.

The stamp depicts a photo of the group of sheep that the Laird herded.

Thirty (3) French-style deluxe proofs of this stamp were also printed on cardstock.

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Charles III Coronation (Issued on May 6, 2023)

 

First day cover. Click on the image for a larger image.

Deluxe proof. Click on the image for a larger image.

Transcamster Bog's stamp issued this stamp to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The stamp shows Hugo Burnand's photo of the royal couple in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace.

For the first time, Transcamster Bog produced a French-style deluxe proof of this issue. It is printed on cardstock. Only 30 deluxe proofs were made, and a small number will be sold to collectors.

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Flora Macdonald (Issued on January 24, 2023)

 

First day cover (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog's first issue of 2023 depicts Flora Macdonald, the Jacobite who saved Bonnie Prince Charlie by disguising him as her Irish maid Betty Burke and putting him on a boat with her to Skye. The design is based on a portrait of Flora Macdonald by Allan Ramsay. The portrait is now in the Ashmolean Museum. 

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Queen Elizabeth II In Memoriam CORRECTED DESIGN (issued on November 7, 2022)

 

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A collector noticed that the Queen Elizabeth II In Memoriam stamp of November 4, 2022, had a design error: the year of the Queen's death is shown as "1922" instead of "2022:, Transcamster Bog local post rushed a corrected version into production. The new stamp shows the correct year of "2022" and was issued on November 7, 2022. Since philatelists would consider it a different design, not a variety, it has a designated first day of issue and a first day cover.

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