Cotswold Weather Forecasting FDC

Description

The second Royal Mail stamp release of 2024 highlights the history, science and future of weather forecasting, marking The Met Office’s 170th anniversary. All displayed on a wonderful Cotswold FDC envelope design.
Eight stamps in total:

First Class – Terra Nova Expedition studied extreme weather in 1910-12
First Class – Marine buoys collect data for the Shipping Forecast, first broadcast in 1924
Second Class – Luke Howard, pioneer meteorologist, classified clouds in 1803
Second Class – Storm barometer of Robert FitzRoy, founder of the Met Office in 1854
£2.20 – Barbara Edwards became the first British female TV weather presenter in 1974
£2.20 – Supercomputers and satellites help track the Earth’s weather today
£2.00 – Weather observers were vital to the success of the D-Day invasion in 1944
£2.00 – Radar and computers improved forecasting accuracy from the 1950s