Border region's special stamps

Robert Burns wrote some of his best loved songs and poems in Dumfries. Credit: Royal Mail

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Royal Mail's special stamps, and they've launched a website to celebrate them.

Plenty of people and places from Cumbria and the south of Scotland are represented.

Here's a selection:

Buttermere, 2006 Credit: Royal Mail
Derwentwater, 1981 Credit: Royal Mail
Church of St James, Carlisle, 2009 Credit: Royal Mail
World Owl Trust, Muncaster, 2000 Credit: Royal Mail

Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie, is also represented. Barrie was inspired by the gardens of Moat Brae House, in Dumfries.

Peter Pan, 2002 Credit: Royal Mail
Peter Pan, 2002 Credit: Royal Mail
Peter Pan, 2002 Credit: Royal Mail
Peter Pan, 2002 Credit: Royal Mail

As is Robert Burns, the Scottish poet who spent his final years in Dumfries.

Robert Burns, 1966 Credit: Royal Mail
Robert Burns, 2009 Credit: Royal Mail
Robert Burns, 2009 Credit: Royal Mail
Robert Burns, 1966 Credit: Royal Mail

You can see the full collection of special stamps on a website that has been specially set up.