By Chris Hastings PUBLISHED: 18:35 EST, 16 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:17 EST, 17 November 2013 Stamp of approval: The Royal Mail have decided to commemorate Anthony Trollope with a set of stamps ahead of the bicentenary of his birth in December following calls from The Mail on Sunday A commemorative set of stamps will honour Anthony Trollope – the Victorian novelist who introduced the pillar box to Britain – after an intervention by The Mail on Sunday. The Royal Mail is to produce the stamps as part of celebrations to mark the bicentenary of the author’s birth in 2015.
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Royal Mail will commemorate novelist Anthony Trollope with a set of stamps to mark the bicentenary of his birth in December
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The author introduced the ubiquitous red pillar box to Britain in 1852
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Honour comes following enquiries from The Mail on Sunday
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