A new first class stamp featuring the Transporter Bridge is already selling out.
The launch of the Royal Mail stamp yesterday was covered by several national broadcasters and newspapers.
Hundreds of people retweeted and shared the news, including celebrated Middlesbrough artist Mackenzie Thorpe and author Harry Pearson
And with Teessiders rushing to snap up the limited edition stamps, some post offices in the area have already sold out and are looking to order more stock.
Michelle Dammidge, manager at the Post Office in WHSmith at Middlesbrough’s Cleveland Centre, said they sold out of all the stamps by lunchtime yesterday.
But she added: “We’ll be getting more in in a week’s times and people can also pre-order them.”
The new stamp has also attracted new visitors to the bridge which is currently undergoing extensive renovation.
Among the visitors was John Cook from Shipley, near Bradford, who travelled to Teesside especially.
The retired civil servant, among the first to send for the Bridges Collection’s First Day Cover from High Clarence Post Office, said: “I have been collecting First Day Covers for some 40 years and try to visit one of the featured locations on the day of the stamp’s release.”
‘Bridging the World’, an exhibition of some of Cleveland Bridge and Dorman Long’s most famous structures using Teesside Archives’ Collections, is currently open at the Transporter Bridge Visitor Centre until April.
Tosh Warwick, bridge education, learning and events officer, said “The popularity of the stamp has already led to a heightened interest in the bridge, reflecting the passion and pride felt towards our landmark structure.
“We look forward to receiving the Transporter stamps and expect these will prove very popular with visitors purchasing postcards and merchandise from the Transporter Bridge Shop”.
The Bridges stamp collection celebrates the engineering of ten structures, and also includes the Humber Bridge, Tarr Steps, Peace Bridge and Pulteney Bridge.
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