The French have Harry Potter licked – literally. According to CBSNews.com, French mail service La Poste is celebrating Harry Potter and friends with a set of stamps and stationery. Starting this weekend, the bespectacled schoolboy wizard appears on stamps for domestic priority mail. Ron Weasley appears on stamps for slow domestic mail, and Hermione Granger appears on stamps for international mail. France isn't the first country to put Harry Potter on a stamp. Australia, the Isle of Man and Taiwan, have already issued stamps honouring the hero of J.K. Rowling's books.The seventh and final instalment in the series, `Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, which tells the story of Harry during his final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will be published on July 21.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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France Puts Boy Wizard On Postage Stamps
The French have Harry Potter licked – literally. According to CBSNews.com, French mail service La Poste is celebrating Harry Potter and friends with a set of stamps and stationery. Starting this weekend, the bespectacled schoolboy wizard appears on stamps for domestic priority mail. Ron Weasley appears on stamps for slow domestic mail, and Hermione Granger appears on stamps for international mail. France isn't the first country to put Harry Potter on a stamp. Australia, the Isle of Man and Taiwan, have already issued stamps honouring the hero of J.K. Rowling's books.The seventh and final instalment in the series, `Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, which tells the story of Harry during his final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will be published on July 21.
The French have Harry Potter licked – literally. According to CBSNews.com, French mail service La Poste is celebrating Harry Potter and friends with a set of stamps and stationery. Starting this weekend, the bespectacled schoolboy wizard appears on stamps for domestic priority mail. Ron Weasley appears on stamps for slow domestic mail, and Hermione Granger appears on stamps for international mail. France isn't the first country to put Harry Potter on a stamp. Australia, the Isle of Man and Taiwan, have already issued stamps honouring the hero of J.K. Rowling's books.The seventh and final instalment in the series, `Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, which tells the story of Harry during his final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, will be published on July 21.
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I see France has surrendered to this growing trend.
Oh man, I'm such a riot. I may just make them throw their hands up like they just don't care. Or perhaps for other reasons...
I'll stop now.
Hi Bart,
Alors! You are right, mon ami.
On both counts!
David
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