Roald Dahl stamps and a gloriumptious giveaway!

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Royal Mail is celebrating one of the nation’s best-loved children’s authors, Roald Dahl, with its first stamp issue of 2012. The presentation pack of six stamps celebrates six of Dahl’s most famous books that children and adults alike came to know and love, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits and Matilda. The stamps themselves recreate the magic of the Dahl books, using the beautiful illustrations of Quentin Blake.

For the launch, Royal Mail Stamps is running a competition on its Facebook page to win Roald Dahl’s Scrumdiddlyumptious Story Collection featuring seven of his best-loved books, a pop-up book of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and a Roald Dahl presentation pack.

The stamps are also available via the Royal Mail online and on the Royal Mail eBay store.

Giveaway

I have 5 Roald Dahl presentation packs to giveaway to readers of the gingerbread house.

To enter (mandatory) simply tell me your favourite Roald Dahl character in a comment below.

For an extra entry tweet about the competition using the Retweet button below. Don’t forget to leave a separate comment letting me know!

The giveaway will end at midnight on the 22nd January. The winner will be chosen randomly and contacted using the email address or twitter name provided. If the winner does not reply within 3 days the competition will be redrawn. UK and Ireland only.

 

*****The giveaway is now closed and the winners are Ashleigh Sangster, Sophie Foreman, Karin Harpering, Bridget Anderson and Kevin Smith *****

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189 thoughts on “Roald Dahl stamps and a gloriumptious giveaway!”

  10. My daughter and I both love Matilda! We received a promo leafthe stamps and presentation packs yesterday, they look gorgeous! Fingers crossed… 😉

  13. have just commented that I love Matilda….but cannot see the comment ….where has it gone? Mirka @Kahanka

  16. The Twits is my favourite by a country mile, I love them chasing the monkey with there sticks. Excellent books for kids and grown ups, I am sure I heard there making a film about it. Great Blog Idea!

  17. I love George from George’s Marvellous Medicine, it was the forst Roald Dahl book I ever read and it’s still my favourite!

  36. Matilda is my favourite, after I read it I used to try and make things move with my mind too!

  44. It would have to be the BFG I can’t wait until my boys can enjoy his books!
    @vickyd4v3

  49. I love all his characters but if i was to pick one it would be Matilda. To survive that set of parents AND Miss Trunchbull is nothing but admirable 🙂

  59. The Witches! The book and the original tv series has always been one of my favourite characters!

  67. My favourite is Danny the Champion of the World. When times were tough growing up, he was a real inspiration to me.

  72. My favourite is George from Georges Marvellous Medicine. I loved the book as a child and have enjoyed reading it to my two too. I also have good memories of Rik Mayall reading it on Jackanory. A perfect choice to read such a wacky story!

  76. I love the BFG with his made up words. When i read it to my class the children goggle so much at Whizzpoppers!

  92. There are far too many amazing characters – although my fav is probably the BFG – he is rather adorable!

  96. I love the twits, Strangly though I find it more difficult to read as I have gotten older as it is a bit yucky!!! Must be showing my age!!

  112. It’s so hard just to pick one, Roald Dahl books are the ulimate children’s stories and I can’t wait to read them all again with my little boy.If I have to choose my favourite characters are Mr and Mrs Twit from The Twits

  113. Has to be Mathilda! Fantastic character.
    (sorry can’t ‘tweet’ – don’t have a twitter account)

  127. My favourite character is the BFG becuse he is exactly like the description in his name and some bits in the book and film are really funny. I think it also has a sort of moral- to not judge by apearences. I LOVE Roald Dahl books!!! 🙂

  128. I love Danny Champion of the World especially the bit where he drives his Dad’s car to try to find him. You can easily imagine yourself to be there.

  130. my daughter loves the Twits. even though they’re not very nice she likes that they get what is coming to them in the end! 🙂

  137. It has to be the Oompa-Loompas, my daughter’s nickname when she was pregnant 🙂

  143. My favourite characters have to be ‘The Twits’, they are absolutely revolting making them brilliant!

  150. As a child my favourite character by far was Fantastic Mr Fox, however having recently read some of Dahl’s novels which are aimed at adults I think my favourite character has changed to Uncle Oswald! 🙂

  163. All Roald Dahl characters I love,
    But just one for me has the cut above,
    And that has got to be Mr Twit,
    Cos of his great big beard to hide food in it!

  167. It has to be The Twits!! They were so funny! cornflakes in their beards! (Although it has given me a little phobia of beards now!! 🙂

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