Beatrix Potter

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I came out as Squirrel Nutkin! The Peter Rabbit 50p piece looks good. :D
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An interesting quiz. I came out as Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. :D
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I came out as Mrs Tiggy-Winkle as well! :lol:
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So did I, both last time and this time... I think it's rigged. :P I would rather be Benjamin Bunny! (I loved his story when I was little and always thought he was much braver than Peter.)

Still, it seems to be a bit of a pattern... I recently found a "Which Harry Potter character are you?" quiz and came out as Albus Dumbledore when I wanted to be Hermione!! :mrgreen:
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I'm more like Mr McGregor, lol! :twisted: :lol:
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Well I got Jemima Puddleduck.. again. I have no idea if the way I answered this time is the same as last time. I did try to vary it by not choosing what I thought I probably said before!
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Rob Houghton wrote:I'm more like Mr McGregor, lol! :twisted: :lol:
Gulp. :shock: :mrgreen:
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I seem also to be Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
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Lovely new stamps released by the Royal Mail for Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday: Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle on anniversary stamps :D

Mind you, I'm wondering why there's no 2nd class stamp and the other two denominations are £1.33 and £1.52... those latter two seem really odd choices. I've just looked at a Royal Mail price list and I can't see any standard postage cost that is either £1.33 or £1.52. (Most are below that, unless you're posting something over 500 grams.)
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Perhaps the postage is soon to be increased again!
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£1.52 is the price of a letter not exceeding 100g to Europe and £1.33 the price of a letter not exceeding 20g to the Rest of the World.
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Thanks Tony... that explains it. :)
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Ah, thanks, Tony. 8) I was only looking at prices within the UK.
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Courtenay wrote:Ah, thanks, Tony. 8) I was only looking at prices within the UK.
You will be able to write lots of letters to friends in Australia and they will get Peter Rabbit on their stamp! :lol:
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I save money and use email or Skype. :mrgreen: That said, Peter Rabbit is very popular in Australia as well — we had several of the books when I was little and they've always been very widely available. The animated TV series years ago was quite a hit too.
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