Royal Mail issues featuring birds have always proved popular and highly collectible. This issue celebrates the iconic beauty of five common species of British owl both as adults and juveniles. Owls have always exercised a special attraction and have over the centuries become seens as the embodiment of wisdom. Their beauty and grace in the air have proved irresistible to artists and photographers alike.
This set comprises of ten covers each carrying a single stamp with a matching image and an appropriate handstamp together with a unifiying 'Owls' pictorial cachet.
