Paying tribute to the unsung heroes

This new set from Royal Mail tackles the familiar theme of the Second World War – recalled, quite rightly, on a growing range of British stamps – but from a different angle, showing the effects the global conflict had on the female population of Britain, who often found themselves in new roles.

There is a poignant historical feel to this new set. Indeed, Royal Mail worked with Professor Lucy Noakes, Rab Butler Chair in Modern History, Department of History at the University of Essex, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society,