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'Jack The Station Cat' Immortalized On First Day Cover.
We recently received the following message from Alan Cliff (Author: "Jack the Station Cat" children's books)
"The Cats on Stamps Study Unit, an affiliate of the American Philatelic Society, has informed us that Jack the Station Cat is the first feline in Anglo-Welsh children's literature to appear on a first day cover in the present century and before. Jack is also the only British children's literary feline, big or small, on a stamp or First Day Cover appearing in stories being written now. The four others who have appeared in philately since 2000 or earlier, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Pussy Cat from "Owl and the Pussy Cat," Shere Khan from "The Jungle Book" and the Cheshire Cat from "Alice in Wonderland" were originally published in the early twentieth or nineteenth centuries The Bala Lake Railway and Buckingham Covers have created history.
The credit for unearthing this piece of philatelic/literary history goes to Marci Jarvis Editor of "Cat Mews".the award winning Journal of the Cats on Stamps Study Unit ."
Interested in buying children's books from Wales? Read more here:- Jack The Station Cat
| There are thirteen books in the series to date with the thirteenth (Jack the Station Cat and the August Day) having been published in July 2010. Two of the books have also been published in Welsh, with the translation being done by Berwyn Prys Jones. The books are aimed at children between the ages of 3 to 9 and combine cat stories and railway stories and were originally illustrated by Helen Maffin with the later books being illustrated by Nigel Cliff. As with his Grabbit and Skoot series, the author has chosen to donate half of his author royalties to various different charities. | ||||
 | Jack the Station Cat and the August Day | |||
