Royal Mail stamps celebrate Royal Societys 350th anniversary

Published: 7:30AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

The 10 important total were comparison from some-more than 1,400 fellows and unfamiliar members and some-more than 60 Nobel laureates Photo: PA

The first-class stamps honour a little of science"s majority poignant total from the Royal Society.

The split-design stamps underline the luminaries" portraits interconnected with thespian and charming ""brainstorming"" imagery representing their achievements.

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Royal Mail worked closely with experts from the Royal Society to name the 10 shining individuals.

They embody Sir Isaac Newton and Edward Jenner, the colonize of smallpox vaccination and regarded as the father of immunology.

The important total were comparison from some-more than 1,400 fellows and unfamiliar members and some-more than 60 Nobel laureates.

Julietta Edgar, head of special stamps at Royal Mail, said: ""For three-and-a-half centuries the Royal Society has confirmed the on all sides at the forefront of exploration and discovery, and at the slicing corner of systematic progress.

""Now the hugely profitable purpose will be distinguished on millions of first-class letters opposite the UK and by collectors worldwide.""

Martin Rees, boss of the Royal Society, said: ""These stamps honour a little of the best-known fellows of the Royal Society and their unusual achievements.

""As we applaud the 350th year, we goal that they will beget a clarity of fad and honour in the systematic history, and make firm the finalise to safeguard that scholarship yields new discoveries and benefits in the 21st century.""