[SIGCIS-Members] Royal Mail Postage Stamp commemorating Colossus

[Ian S. King]

Thanks everyone, for the replies both public and private.  I had no idea
that the Royal Mail had discovered the Internet.  :-)

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Roger Johnson <rgj at dcs.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:

>  You should contact the UK Philatelic Bureau at
> http://www.royalmail.com/personal/stamps-collectibles-gifts/stamp-range
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> Roger Johnson
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> *From:* members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Ian S. King
> *Sent:* 01 February 2015 18:08
> *To:* Brian Randell
> *Cc:* Sigcis
> *Subject:* Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Royal Mail Postage Stamp commemorating
> Colossus
>
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>
> That is exciting!  Brian, here in the US such commemorative postage stamps
> are usually available in a 'proof' form.  Do you know how those of us on
> the other side of the pond might acquire such, if they are printed?
>
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> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 2:42 AM, Brian Randell <
> brian.randell at newcastle.ac.uk> wrote:
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>   Hi:
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> The Royal Mail has at last revealed details of their plans for a
> commemorative postage stamp featuring Colossus. I have known of this plan
> for some time as I was commissioned (in confidence) last year to write a
> section on Tommy Flowers for the chapter in the next Royal Mail Year Book
> about the new stamp series. (A rather brief press release by Royal Mail
> itself indicates that "each of the eight special stamps depict key
> inventions created by British inventors over the last century: Colossus,
> World Wide Web, Catseyes, Fibre Optics, Stainless Steel, Carbon Fibre, DNA
> Sequencing, i-limb" - see
> http://www.royalmail.com/personal/stamps-collectibles-gifts/look-forward-into-2015
> .)
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>
> The attached picture and text in fact comes from a scanned copy of the
> February 2015 British Philatelic Bulletin, rather than directly from the
> Royal Mail., which I received today. I had not seen the design of the stamp
> before, so only now - to my annoyance - do I find that it describes
> Colossus as “the first electronic digital computer” - my own text takes
> care to use the phrase “the first programmable electronic digital computer”.
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> I have pointed out this problem to the Royal Mail, but have been told that
> it is too late for it to be corrected - the stamps are to be issued next
> month. (I have learned that the Royal Mail were given some rather poor
> advice, so I don’t blame them.)
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>
> However I am nevertheless delighted that Colossus is being commemorated by
> the Royal Mail, and by the growing public recognition especially here in
> the UK of Tommy Flowers’ great contribution.
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>
> Cheers
>
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> Brian Randell
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> Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
> Ph.D. Candidate
> The Information School
> University of Washington
>
> An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
> engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
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-- 
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington

An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
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