Royal Mail

[hobnail]

March 2007 the Royal Mail issued a set of commemorative stamps to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, Which woman anti-slave campaigner is featured on the 72P stamp,
Many Thanks if you can help.

[JoolsTwo]

Writer Hannah More

[allotment10]

http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/displayset.as p?setid=427

is it hannah moore ?

[JoolsTwo]

It could be - but they spelt it More on this site :-)

http://heritage.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=15 05&id=446572007

[allotment10]

hi jj, yes, i noticed there were 2 different spellings when looking through the various sites
ie:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6468 417.stm

up to you hobnail, more or moore !! :-)

[hobnail]

Thankyou, Jim Jools, Yes I think it was More I have found her in a very old book that I have.

[Town Crier]

Chambers Biographical Dictionary has her surname as More too.