2534) Aardman Animations Ltd., United Kingdom (UK): Royal Mail UK has brought out eight special stamps celebrating the popular British animation studio: Date of Stamp Set issue: 19.10.2022:
Aardman Animations Ltd., (also known as Aardman Studios, or "Aardman" or "Aardman Animation") is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England.
It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring its plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Morph.
After some experimental computer-animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with "Owzat" (1997), Aardman entered the computer animation market with "Flushed Away" (2006).
Aardman's films have been consistently very well received, and their stop-motion films are among the highest-grossing produced, with their 2000 debut, "Chicken Run", being their top-grossing film, as well as the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time.
Aardman Animation has produced a number of animated features, shorts, videos and TV series, as well as adverts. Their major feature films are:
Chicken Run (2000), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Flushed Away (2006), Arthur Christmas (2011), The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015), Early Man (2018), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) and Chicken Run: Dawn of The Nugget (2023)
The Stamps:
Royal Mail, UK is celebrating "stop go" animation and the creative genius of Aardman Animations with 8 special stamps.
Showcasing some of Aardman’s most celebrated work, the stamps include fan favourites from Chicken Run to Frank the Tortoise.
The stamps also highlight one of the British favourite duos, "Wallace and Gromit", with an exclusive Miniature Sheet (MS), featuring four of their most iconic moments.
2nd Class: Rocky and Ginger (Chicken Run)
2nd Class: Feathers McGraw (The Wrong Trousers)
1st Class: Wallace and Gromit
1st Class: Frank (Creature Comforts)
£1.85: (Shaun and Sheep, Timmy Time)
£1.85: Morph and Chas (The Amazing Adventures of Morph & More)
£2.55: Robin (Robin, Robin 2021)
£2.55: Shaun and Blitzer (Shaun the Sheep)
A First Day Cover (FDC), titled "AARDMAN CLASSICS" and showing some of the main characters of the animation films sitting on a sofa at bottom left.
The special Cancellation Stamp shows Wallace & Gromit in the centre. The cancellation is of Tallents House, Edinburgh and the cancellation is dated - "19.10.2022".
A First Day Cover (FDC) bearing the special Miniature Sheet (MS).
A First Day Cover (FDC) titled "Wallace & Gromit - Behind the Scenes".
A Collectible
The Presentation Pack (PP)
A set of Post Cards
Technical details:
Issue Date: 19.10.2022
Designer: Studio Up and Royal Mail Group Ltd
Printer: Cartor Security Printers
Process: Lithography, Self-adhesive
Size: 37.00 mm x 27.00 mm (excluding protrusions)
Values: 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x £1.85, 2 x £2.55
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