England stamps Ashes triumph

Its no secret that I hate Australia's cricketing supremacy and I was totally ecstatic when England won the Ashes. For me, arrogance of Australian players and media, a byproduct of their supremacy is perhaps most irritating. But England have come up with a great idea to kick their arrogance by stamping Ashes triumph, their style of celebrating their nerve-wracking series victory this summer. Imagine Ricky Ponting receiveing mails from his friends from England with this stamp on it.. is he going to cry or tear that mail apart?

Images of Michael Vaughan, Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen and England colleagues will appear on four stamps to mark the "momentous occasion" of regaining the Ashes from Australia. The English cricketers will be the first living people outside the Royal Family to have their likenesses clearly identifiable on British stamps.

The stamps go on sale this Thursday.

| Rediff