2013 Jersey Post : Man of Steel
On June 7, 2013, Jersey Post issued a series of six commemorative
postage stamps
featuring Henry Cavill as Superman in Man of Steel. Cavill was born on
May 5, 1983, in Saint Helier, Jersey. The island country is a Crown Dependency
located in the English Channel, and each stamp depicts a silhouette of Queen
Elizabeth II. The face values of each stamp range from 45–88 pence. The
miniature lenticular souvenir sheet has a face value of £3
(view animation).
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The Man of Steel stamp series was designed by True North in Manchester,
England. Each stamp features a unique printing technique developed by Cartor
Security Printing in France. The series was distributed in ten-stamp souvenir
sheets and six-stamp lenticular presentation packs. Collector Packs include an
embossed folder that contains all six stamp sheets, the £3 lenticular sheet,
plus a 16-page booklet. First Day Cover envelopes feature all six stamp
designs.
Man of Steel was directed by Zack Snyder. The DECU film was released
by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 14, 2013. Henry Cavill returned as Kal-El
for the sequel
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
and Justice League. Additional scenes featuring Cavill are included
in the non-canonical director's cut, Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Cavill made a cameo appearance as Superman in the 2022 film
Black Adam. A computer-generated likeness of Cavill appears in the
2023 film The Flash.
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Scott Jersey #1682 The 45p stamp was scannable with the AR app Smartsy. Users were linked to bonus Man of Steel material. |
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Scott Jersey #1688 The 55p stamp is printed on transparent plastic, representing x-ray vision. |
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Scott Jersey #1683 The 60p stamp is printed with a reflective silver-colored foil. |
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Scott Jersey #1684 The 68p stamp is printed with thermochromatic ink. Applying heat reveals the Earth beneath Superman. |
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Scott Jersey #1685 The 80p stamp represents Beauport Bay, Henry Cavill’s favorite location in Jersey. A crushed granite pebble from Beauport was incorporated into the textured ink. |
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Scott Jersey #1686 The 88p stamp is printed with glow-in-the-dark ink. The hidden message is a film quote from Jor-El. |
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Scott Jersey #1687 The £3 lenticular souvenir sheet depicts Superman in flight. (view animation) |