As Many Of My Friends Know,

I collect stamps,

also I have fond memories of reading comics as a kid, especially Dan Dare in the Eagle, it also featured great cut away pictures of ships and planes, so combining the two the Royal Mail has produced a set of 10 stamps to mark the 75th anniversary of the The Dandy, UK's longest-running comic, a Royal Mail spokesman claimed the comics were virtually "British institutions",
Philip Parker said, 'the Dandy, celebrating its 75th birthday this year, and The Beano, which will do likewise next year, are almost British institutions and it feels appropriate to celebrate these comics and their characters,'


the Dandy was launched in 1937 by Dundee publishing company DC Thompson, by the 1950s it was selling more than 2m copies a week, but the Beano then overtook it and remains the country's best-selling comic, the other comics to feature in the collection are Eagle, The Topper And Tiger, Bunty, Buster, Valiant, Twinkle and the science fiction title 2000AD, if you are interested the stamps go on sale on Tuesday.