Sunday, 15 July 2012

Lancaster House



The London Economic Summit of 1984 was held in Lancaster House and fortunately the Royal Mail issued a stamp to commemorate the event which shows the flags of the participating nations.

From left to right:
UK
USA
France
Canada
Germany
Japan
Italy

Yes, Italy.  How times have changed.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
Posted by Sheila @ A Postcard a Day at 15.7.12
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Location: London UK

15 comments:

  1. Helen15 July 2012 at 09:42

    Ha ha!! Too true. Great stamp.

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  2. Unknown15 July 2012 at 11:00

    I really like that one

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  3. Joy15 July 2012 at 12:08

    That must be the time everyone had an economy, LOL. I don't remember the stamp, nice treatment of the subject.

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  4. Anonymous15 July 2012 at 12:13

    No Greece? (or Iceland, Ireland, Spain, ...).

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  5. Marcie15 July 2012 at 12:38

    Great stamp!

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  6. Postcardy15 July 2012 at 12:46

    I like that design. The building really stands out most, but I like the way the other elements are arranged.

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  7. Ana15 July 2012 at 12:50

    my initial reaction was also, where are Greece and Spain and Iceland to take part in it? :)

    cool stamp!

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  8. Dănuţ Ivănescu15 July 2012 at 15:47

    Explanation for flags: "We, the Heads of State or Government of seven major industrialized countries and the President of the Commission of the European Communities, have gathered in London from 7 to 9 June 1984 at the invitation of the Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, FRS MP, the Prime Minister or the United Kingdom, for the tenth annual Economic Summit." Was a G7 Summit + the European Communities. :) Details here: http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/summit/1984london/communique.html

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  9. Debs @ Penny Black 184015 July 2012 at 16:05

    and Italy was still there at the last G20 London Economic Summit in 2009...! Times are hard but beleaguered Italy is still hanging on in there!
    Great stamp though - I have it somewhere in my collection...

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  10. Bob Scotney15 July 2012 at 16:06

    This one passed me by as I was in Norway during the 1980s. Thanks to bardamu1964 for the background.

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  11. VioletSky15 July 2012 at 17:37

    I like this stamps for the scale in design - the flags aren't overwhelming the beautiful building.

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  12. Mandy15 July 2012 at 18:53

    Well, there was a decade or so since 1984 when Japan wasn't doing too well either!

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  13. viridian15 July 2012 at 20:21

    Today one would expect China to be there....
    A well-designed stamp.
    thank you for participating.

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  14. Relax Max15 July 2012 at 22:03

    I don't remember the stamp or the conference, so I tried to find out a little bit about the "house." Nothing you don't already know, though. I know that without even trying. :)

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  15. RNSANE20 July 2012 at 03:31

    This is quite a lovely and historic stamp, Sheila!

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