Royal Mail can’t keep its feet on the ground about its new stamp collection – as is seen in this promo video from one of its Mail Centres.
If it’s not obvious from the clip of a levitating postal worker, the new collection features Harry Potter, fellow wizards, and items from the books and movies.
Eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted that the envelope in the Royal Mail clip carries a Wingardium Leviosa postmark covering one of the new stamps – featuring Emma Watson’s Hermione Granger.
The letter, addressed to a “Kathryn Goldcrest” in Coventry, has a postmark of Muggleswick, Consett.
The collection features 15 stamps in total with characters from the Harry Potter movies including Potter himself, Granger, Ron and Ginny Weasley and Neville Longbottom.
Fans are excited by their arrival too.
Loving the new Harry Potter ⚡️stamps from Royal Mail. But do I save them or post them?
— Alton Street (@AltonStreet) September 27, 2018
@MuggleNet Harry Potter Stamp collection released here in the UK! https://t.co/5qZnfRgWHj
— Dr Zermina (@DrZerm1n4) September 27, 2018
October 16th Harry Potter post stamps ???
— Gryffindor Girl ✨? (@gryffindorg2) September 27, 2018
Modes of transport from the films such as the Hogwarts Express, Hagrid’s enchanted motorbike, the flying Ford Anglia and the Knight Bus are also included.
The stamps include hidden details that are only visible under ultraviolet light.
On the first-class stamps, one is a stylised lightning bolt, in reference to the mark Harry has on his forehead.
The stamps are released on October 16.
Here are the stamps:
Harry Potter
In 2011, Royal Mail released its Magical Realms stamps which included Dumbledrore and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named among other wizards and enchanters.
In 2007, seven stamps showing the front covers of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books were released.
