Product Description
23 August 2005 - Europa: Gastronomy - Changing Tastes in Britain Norvic FDC ediiton of 20The theme chosen by the European Postal organisation PostEurop for the common series of stamps in 2005 is Gastronomy. Royal Mail issued a set of 6 stamps (only 2 have the EUROPA symbol), entitled Changing Tastes in Britain.
The stamps show rice, sushi, tea, pasta, chips, and an apple
The Norvic fdc shows a slice of toast modelled into a 'map' of the United Kingdom (complete with butter pat) superimposed on a conventional map of Europe.
Postmark choices:
- The Great British Food London W1 postmark in the shape of a slice of bread
- Covent Garden, London showing a chef
