And each was a different color and they were beautifully engraved and most of them had a picture of the Queen on them¡ªsome with her crown on her head and some without.
Then stamps were made, penny stamps, twopenny stamps, twopence-halfpenny stamps, sixpenny stamps and shilling stamps.
So the Doctor saw that he would have to change his kind of gum if he wanted to keep stamps that would stick.
Of course, for specially heavy letters you had to pay more.
As he had said to the Skimmer at the beginning, as soon as the birds and animals realized the helpfulness of having a post office of their own they used it more and more.
Now go and put riding lights on that ark of yours and tell the pig that if he lets them go out he shall be made into rashers of bacon for the officers' mess.