03 March 2019

Women on Stamps | B for Brönte


Charlotte Brönte (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first of their books to know success.

The stamp above belongs to a series of 1980, that features Victorian Women in Literature: Charlotte Brönte (Jane Eyre), George Elliot (The Mill on the Floss), Emily Brönte (Wuthering Heights) and Elizabeth Gaskell (North and South). You can see the four stamps here.

In 2005, to commemorate World Book Day and the 150th anniversary of the death of Charlotte Bronte Royal Mail issued a set of 6 stamps, a miniature sheet and a prestige book. The stamps show different scenes of Jane Eyre.


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For the current round of Sunday Stamps A-Z I am showing again stamps dedicated to women. You can see here all the Women on Stamps featured on this blog.

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12 comments:

  1. fafa03 March, 2019

    Quelle belle idée le thème qui honorent les femmes au travers de leurs différents talents pour ton"sunday stamps"AZ

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  2. Joy03 March, 2019

    It amazed me at the time that Royal Mail chose (or managed to get) world renowned artist Paula Rego to bring her unique style to the 2005 Jane Eyre stamps. Happy coincidence for your theme.

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  3. FinnBadger03 March, 2019

    I am impressed that you are choosing women for a second time. Looking forward to learning about many women I have not heard about.

    I have heard of these sisters, I think the only novel I have read is Wuthering Heights.

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    1. fafa03 March, 2019

      j'ai cru comprendre qu'Eva avait décidé que son "sunday stamps AZ " serait uniquement réservé aux femmes mais je me trompe peut être .

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    2. FinnBadger03 March, 2019

      I meant for a second full A to Z.

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    3. Mail Adventures04 March, 2019

      I think this fourth round will be a bit less creative than the second, but I hope you will like the stamps as well :)

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  4. Ana03 March, 2019

    I dont read classics that often, but I love Charlotte Bronte's books and Jane Eyre is no exception - I even really loved the movie from 1996, which is a rarity... I almost never like movies based on books :)

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    1. Mail Adventures04 March, 2019

      I haven't seen the film. I'm more in Austen's team :D

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  5. Bob Scotney06 March, 2019

    Two sets of Bronte stamps that I wish I had. Three fine authors.

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Thank you for coming. All your comments make me extremely happy.

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