Manx Stamps Issue Celebrates Celtic Corvids

Isle of Man Post Office (Manx: Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin) have issued a set of six stamps celebrating corvids and the mythology surrounding them in Manx Celtic folklore. The collection of six stamps features original artworks by local Manx artist Julia Ashby Smyth, depicting a Raven, Jackdaw, Magpie, Chough, Rook and Crow. On each stamp the Manx Gaelic name for each bird is woven into the artwork. As the Post Ofice description points out “Corvids have long been associated with the darker side of events in mythology and are often linked with war and battlefields. However, all species of Corvidae possess impressive intelligence - crows for example have excellent memories and human facial recognition and are often dubbed the 'Einstein of birds'.” www.iompost.com/stamps-coins/collection/celtic-corvids/