Royal Mail has brought out a series of stamps to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth.

The six stamps will include some of Dickens’ most famous works, such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House and The Pickwick Papers.

Popular characters including Mr Bumble, Mr Micawber and Mr Pickwick feature.
The stamps were launched at Dickens World, Chatham Maritime, and are now available from Post Office branches.

Dickens grew up in the Towns, living in Chatham as a child.

He also loved Rochester and went on to live in his dream home, Gad’s Hill and Higham.

His surroundings proved to be the inspiration for some of his most famous books.

Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Dickens said: “The stamps not only celebrate his life and work, they are testimony to what a unique and extraordinary man Charles Dickens was.”