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Victory in Europe!

Many of the VE Day celebrations planned for this year have sadly had to be cancelled as we fight a war of a different kind, but this new set of stamps from Royal Mail give us the chance to look back on the moment the trials and tragedy of war came to a welcome end.

The 75th anniversary is all the more poignant as this will likely be the last opportunity for veterans to participate. The events of the war will soon

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