XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Royal Mail's latest stamps show waterfalls. This is a completely new theme for Royal Mail! Never before has there been a set dedicated to waterfalls, although waterfalls have occasionally appeared on stamps like this one in the 2019 forests issue. There are ten stamps in the set and they show: Second Class - Rogie Falls, Scottish Highlands Second Class - Pollnagollum Cave, County Fermanagh Second Class - Aysgarth Falls, North Yorkshire Second Class - Pistyll Rhaeadr, Powys

France have issued a fantastic new stamp to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). This is a massively popular children's book in France, probably the most well-known work of children's fiction ever. Like all good children's books, it is also one that adults can enjoy and it has been translated into 600 languages. I even have a copy of one in English. It's a great adventure story but also one that is quite philosophical and poetic. The author,

Today Hungary released a new set of stamps celebrating dachshunds. This set has been designed by Imre Benedek with photography by Andrea Jülingné Tóth, Ádám Szalai and Zsófia Koppány. Dachshunds are very popular dogs in Hungary. They are not native dogs but they have become a huge part of Hungarian culture. The famous Hungarian filmmaker Homoki-Nagy István often showed dachshunds in his films and every year in Budapest dachshund owners from across Hungary gather for a huge si