Stranger Things : 2026 Royal Mail

2026-Jan-13 Stranger Things First Day Cover featuring all 10 new stamps cancelled with the alternative Spennymoor postmark.

Welcome to Hawkins - a place where everything is turned Upside Down

Beloved characters and mysterious monsters are the stars of striking new stamps celebrating the hit Netflix show Stranger Things 

Five stamps feature key “real” world figures from each series of the show, set against a red background (Eleven and Joyce - Dustin, Lucas and Mike  - Steve, Robin and Erica  - Nancy, Jonathan and Henry  - Eleven, Jim and Dr Kay) 

Five more stamps, again one focused on each series, depict characters linked to the alternate dimension, known as the Upside Down, with a blue background (Will, the Demogorgon and Barbara  - Jim, a Demodog and Will  - Max, the Mind Flayer and Billy  - Eddie, Dustin and Max  - Vecna, Holly and Mr Whatsit)

Stranger Things Miniature Sheet features young Hawkins heroes Lucas, Will, Mike and Dustin riding their iconic 80s bikes in the shadow of the Mind Flayer.

British artist and official Stranger Things illustrator Kyle Lambert’s exclusive new stamp designs contain hidden features revealed when the stamps are exposed to UV light. 

Tribute to Daniel Azulay : 2022 Brazil

2022-Jun-13

Daniel Azulay (1947-2020) was a Brazilian media figure, active in many disciplines, from paintings, children’s books, TV shows, video games to comics. Early in his career he made the superhero parody comics ‘Capitão Sol’ (1967) and ‘Capitão Cipó’ (1968-1969), but he is best remembered for the ‘Turma do Lambe-Lambe’ (1975) franchise, which inspired both a children’s TV show as well as its own 1983-1984 comic magazine. Always dressed in colourful ties, shirts and suspenders, Azulay gave children a positive outlook on life with respect for the environment – Lambiek Comiclopedia

The stamp shows a composition by Daniel Azulay himself. Besides his signature, it can be read his  catch-phrase “Cotton candy for you!” The background is made with blue and yellow colors and some colored pencils, an art tool often utilized by Azulay, Techniques employed were drawing and computer graphics - Brasil Post

The Little Polar Bear : 2008 Switzerland

2008-Apr-03

The Little Polar Bear is a franchise about a polar bear cub named Lars who first starred in a number of books written by Dutch author, Hans de Beer. The books were adapted into animated series and a full-length movie

Comic Art in Malta - Diabolik : 2025

2025-Aug-11

Romics XIX International Comic Festival : 2016 Italy

XIX Romics - 2016 Apr

artwork by Paolo Barbieri

Romics is an international semiannual comic book, animation, and gaming convention in Rome, Italy. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one. Until the twelfth edition in 2012, it was held annually, most often in October. The event is held, for both its editions, in the Rome trade fair district. The first Romics was held 2001-Nov

 

Robert E Howard : Conan the Barbarian

Robert Ervin Howard (1906 – 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. The Robert E Howard Museum lis located in Cross Plains Texas. Annually Howard's hometown celeberates his achievements

La Bande Dessinee - Comics Festival - 1970 France

1970-May-10 Chazelles-Sur-Lyon France

Comics Festival (La Bande Dessinee) - Youth & Culture Center

 

Little Red-Riding Hood : 1960 Germany

 

1960-Oct-01 West Germany

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Some later versions include a woodsman. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Brothers Grimm. The story has varied considerably in different versions over the centuries, translations, and as the subject of numerous modern adaptations. Other names for the story are "Little Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood".

The Little Fox (Vuk) : 1982 Hungary

1982-Nov-11 Budapest Hungary

The Little Fox, known in Hungary as Vuk, is a 1981 Hungarian animated film produced by Pannónia Filmstúdió, based on the novel Vuk by István Fekete.

 

Three Jolly Fellows - Edgar Valter : 2024 Estonia

2024

Eno Raud (1928 – 1996) was an Estonian children's writer. His works are considered classics in Estonia as well as in the other former Soviet countries. Raud was included in International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List in 1974. His most popular works include Three Jolly Fellows, A Story with Flying Saucers, The Gothamites and Raggie. The author's children's books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Three Jolly Fellows was illustrated by Edgar Valter

Fairy Tales - Liechtenstein : 1968

Designed by Louis Jaeger, stamps depict The Treasure of St Mamerten (Auf St Mamerten Der Schatz 30r), The Goblin in the Bergerwald (Der Kobold im Bergerwald 50r), The Three Sisters (Die Drei Schwestern 80r)

Thorbjørn Egner - Norway : 1984

1984-Nov-15 Oslo

The Cardamom Law: You shouldn't bother others, you should be polite an kind, an otherwise you can do whatever you want. Bastian Chief of Police

Thorbjørn Egner (1912 – 1990) Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children including Karius og Baktus (Karius and Bactus - 1949) and Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by ( When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town - 1955).

Bastian Chief of Police

Myths and Legends : 1997 Faroe Islands

1997-May-20 Europa Myths and Legends Faroes Island

William Heinesen art for The Temptations of Saint Anthony and Marmennil – The Little Merman.

William Heinesen (1900-1991) is the most famous poet and novelist of the Faroes. His writing focuses on contrasts between darkness and light, between destruction and creativity. Then following is the existential struggle of man to take sides. This is not always easy, however, and the lines between good and bad are not always clearly defined.

Heinesen was captivated by the mysterious part of life, calling himself religious in the broadest sense of the word. His life could be described as a struggle against defeatism with one oft-quoted aphorism of his is that "life is not despair, and death shall not rule".