From 42″ to 38″ …
British Design Classics
Earlier this year, the UK’s Royal Mail brought out a special British Design Classics stamp collection … I love good design and this set was great (featuring Concorde, the “Routemaster” London double-decker bus, the iconic red Phone box, and the London Underground map, in addition to Mini) – and with Mini featured prominently I had to purchase for my MINI collection!
There’s lots to choose from, including a set of postcards and of course, the stamps themselves; I also got a “first day cover” set of franked stamps – with a cool Austin Mini steering wheel design. It’s all accompanied with some nice booklets with background info on the designs:
(you can see full size scans of this here: side 1, side 2)
But perhaps my favourite part of the collection is the full sheet of Mini stamps, with lots of little “Mini moment” panels:
Rare rain
Rare, as it hasn’t rained here for a couple of weeks – but it’s started now, this afternoon (and will rain till Sunday!)
UPDATE: Maybe not so rare … Saturday afternoon and it’s basically been raining continuously since I took the pic as I left work 24 hours ago! But it should be clear by tomorrow morning.
M&I / GBMINI 
