XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

I have a lot of new stamps to review and I'm going to start with this one from the Faroe Islands about their native horse. I had never heard of a Faroese Horse before. It is basically a small pony that was critically endangered in the 1960s but since then things have improved thanks to a breeding programme. Faroese people are clearly very proud of their horse and it's not the first time that it has appeared on a Faroe Islands stamp. Here's a set of two stamps from 1993. The P

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,