On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring is a tone poem composed in 1912 by Frederick Delius; it was first performed in Leipzig on 23 October 1913. In 1985 Royal mail dedicated a delicious 4-stamps set to British Composers.
Go to Sunday Stamps to see more stamps showing Signs of Spring.
This is a special design!
ReplyDeleteThank you also for sharing the link to the complete serie, the see with the bird wing above looks special (I mean, unconventional, and beautiful), too! As do the others :-)
*sea, not see :-)
ReplyDeleteI have got only this stamp, but the whole set is wonderful, great design!
DeleteWhat a lovely stamp!
ReplyDeleteNow listening to the beautiful music.
It's unusual to see the denomination written out like this.
Beautiful stamp. I too only have one of the set (Handel's water music) but shows how lovely that set is that I remember that.
ReplyDeleteThis stamp is beautiful, and even though I've looked at Royal Mail's special stamps website many times, I don't recall seeing this set.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I've received this not long ago, these stamps are from 1985. Were you already interested in stamps? ;)
DeleteAs a kid I was. I think I lost interest as an older teenager, which coincides with the mid 1980s.
DeleteTrès belle série et d'une grande douceur !
ReplyDeleteMerci. J'y suis d'accord.
DeleteIt's years since I heard a cuckoo and that's a shame. Lovely stamp that I had not seen before.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I've ever heard a cuckoo!
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