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In 2013: Andy Murry wins Wimbledon - first Brit to win in 77 years; Boston Marathon bombings;
Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Hugo Chavez, Lou Reed die; Prince George (future King) born.
At the RPSL: De La Rue Collection published; Sweden 3 Skilling Banco error returns for
display at RPSL; John Lea gives 70 year membership display; membership passes 2000 mark.
RPSL Presidents Brian Trotter and Chris King Patron H.M. Queen Elizabeth II. Members 2044
U.K. ROYAL BIRTH MARKED ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
From the collection of Igor Rodin. Member since 2011. Lives in Russia.
A single set of 6 Royal Mail post cards for the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty,
with appropriate Royal Mail stamps and the Russian stamps depicting the Russian royal ancestors of
Prince George of Cambridge, were postmarked aboard International Space Station. They have all the
appropriate on-board cancels and cachet dated 22nd July 2013, the date when Prince George of
Cambridge was born. He is third in line to the British throne to succeed his great-grandmother,
Queen Elizabeth II. The Russian stamp depicts Russian Empress Catherine the Great. Prince George of
Cambridge is her direct descendant (great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson).
