Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding (Issued on September 29, 2018)

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Transcamster Bog commemorates the Royal Wedding of H.R.H. Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle with this stamp. Although the wedding occurred on May 19, 2018, the stamp was issued four months later (Issuing a stamp after the wedding is not unprecedented. Canada issued its stamp to commemorate the wedding of then-Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip Mountbatten on February 16, 1948, almost three months after the wedding occurred on November 20, 1947).

The stamp shows a photo from the British Monarchy's Twitter account. 

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Horatio Nelson 260th Anniversary of Birth (Issued on September 29, 2018)

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Transcamster Bog commemorates the 260th anniversary of the birth of Horatio Nelson (born September 29, 1758), Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, Knight of the Order of the Bath, and Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Saint Joachim. The stamp shows the painting of Nelson before the Battle of Trafalgar by George Lucy Good and Charles Lucy at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The green border symbolizes the Order of Saint Joachim, whose breast star he wears in this painting.

The stamp is imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

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Frankenstein 200th Anniversary (Issued on January 1, 2018)

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Transcamster Bog commemorates Mary Shelley and her novel Frankenstein with this stamp issued on January 1, 2018, the bicentenary date of the publication of the first edition of Frankenstein. 

Frankenstein, the first modern science fiction novel, was written by 18-year-old Mary Shelley after a ghost story competition with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Dr. John Polidori, and Claire Clairmont at Villa Diodati, near Lake Geneva, in the summer of 1816.

For the contest, the two literary superstars wrote works that are largely forgotten today. Percy Shelley wrote "Fragment of a Ghost Story", an 8-line poem. Byron began writing a vampire story but did not finish it. Claire Clairmont wrote nothing.

However, the remaining two guests, who were literary unknowns whom Percy Shelley and Lord Byron expected would write nothing of lasting value, turned out to make the most famous contributions to literature from the haunted summer at Villa Diodati. Dr. Polidori wrote "The Vampyre", the first modern vampire story, which would influence Bram Stoker's Dracula and other vampire stories.

Mary began writing Frankenstein, the novel that spawned the science fiction genre and countless movies, TV shows, comics, and adaptations in various media.

The stamp depicts the frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Frankenstein, which was revised and corrected by Mary Shelley and is now considered the definitive version of the novel. The picture, drawn by Theodore Von Holst, shows Frankenstein fleeing in horror as his creation comes to life. 

The portrait of Mary Shelley is by Richard Rothwell in 1840 and is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

The stamp is imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

The stamp and its first day cover will be available on eBay after January 16, 2017.

115th Anniversary of Science Fiction Movies (Issued on December 27, 2017)

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The first science fiction movie was Le Voyage dans la Lune, made by the famous French filmmaker George Méliès in 1902. It is the first movie to show a fictional space flight, with the characters flying in a cannon-shot projectile in the style of a Jules Verne story. The title is usually translated into English as "A Trip to the Moon", though the French title implies that the travellers go into the Moon. indeed, they go beneath the surface and meet strange lobster-like aliens.

The stamp shows a famous scene from the movie: the projectile hitting the Man on the Moon in the eye.

In addition to being Laird of Transcamster Bog, I am a science fiction writer (see www.derwinmaksf.com), and thus, I am issuing this stamp to commemorate the 115th anniversary of science fiction movies.

The stamp is imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

The stamp and its first day cover will be available for sale on eBay starting on January 17, 2018.

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Silver Jubilee 1992-2017 (Issued on December 3, 2017)

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Twenty-five years ago, I bought the two tiny plots of land that would eventually be called "Transcamster Bog". This stamp commemorates the silver jubilee of my small estate. The photo depicts me, the Laird, wearing the tie of the Chinese Scottish tartan.

The stamp is imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

The stamp and its first day cover will be available for sale on eBay starting on January 17, 2018.

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310th Anniversary of the Acts of Union (Issued on May 1, 2017)

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This issue commemorates the 310th anniversary of the Acts of Union in 1707. In the previous year, England and Scotland signed the Treaty of Union to unite the two kingdoms in the following year. The 1707 Acts of Union, passed by the English and Scottish Parliaments, created a single Parliament in London for a new United Kingdom of Great Britain. The stamp depicts a painting of Queen Anne, the first monarch of the United Kingdom. The painting is by the studio of John Closterman, circa 1702. The flag shown is the Union Flag that flew from 1707 to 1801, when an additional red saltire was added to represent Ireland.

The stamps are imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

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Dr. Huang Kuan, First Chinese Graduate of the University of Edinburgh (Issued on January 22, 2017)

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Transcamster Bog issued a stamp commemorating Dr. Huang Kuan on January 22, 2017, the weekend before the Chinese New Year. Huang Kuan (黃寬,1829–1878), also known in English-language history books as Wong Fun and Wong Foon, was the first Chinese person to graduate from the University of Edinburgh or any European university. He graduated with a Doctorate of Medicine in 1857 and returned to China to practice medicine. Today, a statue of Dr. Huang Kuan stands on the grounds of the Confucius Institute for Scotland at the University of Edinburgh.

More info on the life on Huang Kuan is on this website:

http://www.cityofzhuhai.com/2017-01/03/c_65533.htm

The stamp was designed by Derwin Mak, based on a drawing of Dr. Huang Kuan by the Canadian artist Tina Olah.

The stamps are imperforate and ungummed (requires glue).

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