It is a year long programme of exhibitions, events and activities that aim to showcase, celebrate and raise public awareness of stamps, stamp design and postal heritage.
The Festival marks the centenary of the accession of George V, the philatelist king and includes a major international stamp exhibition at the Business Design Centre, Islington for stamp collectors.
One of the first events of the Festival is "Post Abolition: Commemorative Stamps From Around The World."
This new display in the London, Sugar and Slavery Gallery of the Museum of London Docklands looks at how the abolition of slavery has been commemorated through the everyday postage stamp.
Other events taking place across London and beyond include displays at the British Library; British Museum; Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum; and a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home with stamps featuring cats and dogs.
There's also a walking tour which explores 400 years of postal history and developments in the iconic street furniture of telephone kiosks and letter boxes.
"The London 2010: Festival of Stamps offers something for everyone - whether you're an enthusiast of international rugby, African culture or more broadly interested in geography or history, or design in the 1920s and 30s," said Douglas Muir, Curator of Philately, The British Postal Museum & Archive.
"The Festival not only aims to fascinate keen stamp collectors and philatelists but anyone with an interest in design and the world."
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