2016-11-16 Wed

“Harry – yer a wizard!”
“I’m a what?”

And this was just a beginning! Doors to the magical world of Hogwarts were opened. All the magic that the readers had imagined and much more unleashed and the first Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, released in the USA on 16th of November 2001.

It was the first chapter of a remarkably interesting series of seven books which ended in 2007 and a movie franchise which ended in 2011 (exactly 10 years after the first release). This two and a half hours long first movie just kept us wanting for more! Practically growing up with the movie casts and the book characters, we have enjoyed this journey and stuck with harry till the very end.

For the philatelist Potterheads out there; did you know there are Harry Potter-themed stamps?

Royal Mail has issued in 2007 seven First Class Royal Mail mint stamps featuring the seven book covers. A miniature sheet consisting of five stamps was issued in the same year. Out of which four represent the four Hogwarts houses and one features the Hogwarts school seal.

Other stamps from the Heroes and villains series issued in 2011 depict Dumbledore and Voldemort.

US Post too has released in 2013 Harry Potter limited-edition Forever stamp collection which celebrates this magical world and brings it within our grasp! A 20 stamp souvenir booklet featuring the different characters and scenes against the Hogwarts castle background was released in an attempt to engage the fans in this hobby. Each set of four stamps surrounds the red wax seal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

We all are waiting for our letter from Hogwarts. And if it were to be delivered in the muggle way bearing these stamps!

Grab these exciting stamps of ‘the boy who lived ‘and keep the child in you alive!

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