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 Stuart 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
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