The eight stamps have been issued to mark the 40th anniversary of York's Jorvik Viking Centre.
A set of eight new stamps have been issued to celebrate the "history, impact and legacy" of Vikings in Britain and mark the 40th anniversary of the Jorvik Viking Centre in York.Among the images are a silver penny minted in York, Lindisfarne Priory in Northumberland and an iron, silver and copper sword found in London.Image caption,
David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs and policy, said: "If anyone was to ask 'what did the Vikings ever do for us?' the answer is that they transformed Britain and left an enduring influence on the languages, economy, society and political geography of the UK forever."We hope these stamps will inspire people to explore this fascinating period in Britain's history further.
Jorvik was founded to showcase the finds of an archaeological dig at Coppergate in the 1970s, which uncovered Viking streets and buildings buried beneath York's modern pavements.By the early 11th Century, kings and earls of Danish and Norwegian heritage ruled the whole of England and large parts of Scotland
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