Roman Britain

From Coronation Street to Roman Britain; Royal Mail’s 2020 stamp schedule is as eclectic as ever, reflecting the diversity and long history of the country. While we’re encouraged to celebrate memorable characters and quotes from a TV show in one set, the next challenges us to look back almost 2,000 years to a time when Britain was ‘Britannia’ and the Romans ruled.

On the first of the 2nd class stamps we see Dover Lighthouse, the UK’s tallest standing Roman building which now stands in the grounds of Dover Castle. Possibly