26次邮票中的英国美景
英国皇家邮政Royal Mail的“UK A-Z”系列风景邮票终于完整地公开发售啦!英国A到Z风景邮票系列是由26张各自代表英国26处“最有名与最美风景”的景点邮票组成,按照景点名字的首字母排序,这26个筛选出来的景点分别是:
A: Angel of the North,Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England(北方天使)
B: Blackpool Tower, Blackpool, Lancashire, England(布莱克浦塔)
C: Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland(索桥)
D: Downng Street, London, England(唐宁街)
E: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland(爱丁堡城堡)
F: Forth Railway Bridge, links Edinburgh Inchgarvie and Fife, Scotland(福斯铁路桥)
G: Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset, England(格拉斯顿伯里山)
H: Harlech Castle, Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales(哈立克古堡)
I: Ironbridge, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire, England(铁桥)
J: Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington, Cheshire, England(焦德雷尔班克天文台)
K: Kursaal, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England(游乐场)
L: Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland, England(林迪斯法恩修道院遗址)
M: Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, England(曼彻斯特市政厅)
N: Narrow Water Castle, Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland(奈洛沃特城堡)
O: Old Bailey, London, England(伦敦中央刑事法庭)
P: Portmeirion, Gwynedd, North Wales(波特梅里恩)
Q: Queens College Oxford, University of Oxford, Oxford, England(牛津大学女王学院)
R: Roman Bath, Bath, England(巴斯罗马浴场)
S: Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland(斯特灵城堡)
T: Tyne Bridge, links Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, England(泰恩桥)
U: Urquhart Castle, beside Loch Ness, Scotland(厄克特城堡)
V: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England(维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆)
W: White Cliffs of Dover, Dover, England(多佛白崖)
X: Station X Bletchley Park, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England(布莱切利园)
Y: York Minster, York, England(约克大教堂)
Z: ZSL London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London, England(伦敦动物园)
去年10月,皇家邮政率先推出了邮票的第一部分“A-L”,今年4月,终于在千呼万盼中发行了后半部分“M-Z”。每一张小小的邮票都带领大家领略大英帝国的独特风景,印刷精美,送礼或者独自收藏两相宜。旅游爱好者更可以追随邮票的脚步,亲自拜访这些邮票里出现的美景,亲身感受这些“英国之美”。