50 years of iconic Royal Mail Welsh stamps go online
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Caernarfon Castle featured in four separate special stamps issued over the past 50 years
Fifty years of stamps honouring iconic Welsh people, places and events are to be celebrated with the launch of an online gallery showcasing them all.
Every special stamp that has been issued by the Royal Mail to honour UK heritage and life since July 1965 will feature on a website, external from Friday.
They include places such as Caernarfon and Harlech castles, along with people including Princess Diana.
People can also search for landscape stamps including the Brecon Beacons.
The top 10 Welsh special stamps issued are:
A stamp featuring Princess Diana was issued following her death
Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd - 1969
Stackpole Head in Pembrokeshire - 1981
UCW Aberystwyth Welsh Bible - 1981
Stained glass window in Porthcawl, Bridgend county - 1991
St. David's Head, St David's, Pembrokeshire - 1995
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay - 2000
Brecon Beacons, Powys -2004
Dylan Thomas, Swansea - 2014
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay - 2009
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wrexham - 2009
One of the oldest stamps in the collection is of Harlech Castle
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