Castles (2026)

According to the Royal Mail "...Across the extent of the British Isles, our landscape is studded with castles, great and small. Some survive as houses or visitor attractions, others as ruins, earthworks or just shadows traced in the lines and names of streets in 21st-century cities and towns. Today, castles are objects of curiosity, but for centuries these buildings were great monuments at the heart of political, social and economic life.

This stamp set features photography of eight castles, from all four nations of the UK, dating from the Norman period onwards. The Miniature Sheet of four stamps celebrates four ‘Royal’ castles. These designs feature newly commissioned artworks by the British artist, Rob Ball.''.

The rear of our cover (see image above) features an artists illustration of the keep at Corfe Castle - situated in the village of Corfe on the Purbeck Peninsula in Dorset and links to our handstamp - The Square, Corfe Castle.