This fact-packed fold-out souvenir includes all eight new stamps alongside fascinating stories and images exploring the cultural, political and economic history of Viking Britain.

Thomas Williams, historian and author of Viking Britain and Viking London plots out significant invasion and settlement sites across the country, and reveals the story behind York's rich Norse heritage.

A captivating keepsake celebrating archaeological relics from important excavations across Britain.

The stamps include:
1st Class Iron, silver and copper sword, Temple, London
1st Class Olaf Guthfrithsson silver penny, minted in York
£1.00 Silver penannular brooch, Penrith, Cumbria
£1.00 Lindisfarne Priory, Northumberland
£2.00 Norse settlement remains, Jarlshof, Shetland
£2.00 Antler comb and case, Coppergate, York
£2.20 Gilded bronze brooch, Pitney, Somerset
£2.20 Hogback gravestone, Govan Old, Glasgow