From Planet Rock.
The Royal Mail is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Queen by launching a very special series of stamps in their honour.
There are a total of 13 different Queen stamp designs available to pre-order in a variety of packages on the Royal Mail website ahead of their official release on Thursday 9th July.
Eight Queen albums feature on the stamps – ‘Queen II’ (1974), ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ (1974), ‘A Night At The Opera’ (1975), ‘News of the World (1977), ‘The Game’ (1980), ‘Greatest Hits’ (1981), ‘The Works’ (1984) and ‘Innuendo’ (1991).
There are also four stamps featuring live shots of Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium in 1986, Roger Taylor at Hyde Park in 1976, John Deacon on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1975 on the A Night at the Opera Tour, and Brian May at Népstadion in Budapest, Hungary in 1986 on the Magic Tour.
Completing the stamp collection is an iconic photograph of Queen taken by Johnny Dewe Mathews at the group’s first-ever studio photoshoot in a Primrose Hill studio.
The full set of 13 stamps, available in a Presentation Pack, retails at £16.00.
Package prices range from £4.35 for a Queen Prestige Stamp Book right up to a whopping £699 for a Queen Gold Proof Coin Cover featuring five stamps, a £25 Queen coin struck by the Royal Mint and an individually numbered Coin Cover celebrating Queen’s legendary live shows.
Queen Royal Mail stamps presentation pack
Enthusing about the Royal Mail’s Queen stamps, Brian May says: “It’s hard to put into words what I feel when looking at these beautiful stamps.
“Since we four precocious boys started out on our quest 50 years ago, our lives have been devoted to making our impossible dream come true. Sometimes it’s strange to wake up and realise the position in which we are now held – we have become a national institution! And nothing brings this home more than this incredible tribute from Royal Mail.
“It’s particularly poignant to look at this collection of images now – now that we are all in a world dominated by a coronavirus, in which none of this could have happened. I just know that I feel an overwhelming desire to own one of these sets! Somehow it will be a way of persuading myself that it really DID all happen!”
Roger Taylor adds: “Wow…….stamps featuring our albums! What an honour. We must be really part of the furniture now! Thanks, Royal Mail for stamping on us! In gratitude.”
Royal Mail’s Phillip Barker comments: “With their truly original, theatrical sound and effortless ability to mix musical styles, Queen are rock royalty. We pay tribute to one of the most loved bands of all time with these stunning stamps.
Queen are the third rock band to be honoured by the Royal Mail with stamps, following The Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016.
At the start of the year, Queen became the first band ever to be celebrated with an official commemorative UK coin collection from the Royal Mint.
All 13 Royal Mail Queen stamps:
1 of 13
Queen ‘Queen II’ Royal Mail Stamp
2 of 13
Queen ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ Royal Mail Stamp
3 of 13
Queen ‘A Night at the Opera’ Royal Mail Stamp
4 of 13
Queen ‘News of the World’ Royal Mail Stamp
5 of 13
Queen ‘The Game’ Royal Mail Stamp
6 of 13
Queen ‘Greatest Hits’ Royal Mail Stamp
7 of 13
Queen ‘The Works’ Royal Mail Stamp
8 of 13
Queen ‘Innuendo’ Royal Mail Stamp
9 of 13
Freddie Mercury Royal Mail stamp
10 of 13
Brian May Royal Mail stamp
11 of 13
Queen Royal Mail stamp
12 of 13
John Deacon Royal Mail Stamp
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Roger Taylor Royal Mail stamp
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- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £150.00, $193.50, €177.00 (New Item) (arrived 04-Apr-2025 16:29)on April 5, 2025 at 12:46 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Classic 1975 UK first press 12-track LP with picture labels & 'BLAIRS' etched into the run-off area, including the classic hit Bohemian Rhapsody, housed in the original embossed gatefold sleeve with the diagonal cutpicture inner. The sleeve is Excellent with minor shelf wear, the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just a few faint cosmetic signs of play EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - A Day At The Races - 180gm + Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $122.55, €112.10 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 10:22)on April 5, 2025 at 12:46 pm
QUEEN A Day At The Races (Limited Edition 1999 UK/EU EMI Millennium Collection remastered issue of the 1976 10-track LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, an all analogue cutting from the analogue master tapes. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold replica picture sleeve with the printed inner, still in the hype stickered PVC dust jacket. The packaging reveals only minor shelf wear & the vinyl is near 'as new')
- Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - P/S - UK - 7" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.16 (New Item) (arrived 25-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 5, 2025 at 12:46 pm
QUEEN Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979 UK 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including We Will Rock You, card flipback style picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some notable creasing on the opening edge. Whilst the vinyl shows just some minor cosmetic signs of play and handling EMI5001)
- Queen - Radio Ga Ga - Solid - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.90, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 26-Mar-2025 14:50)on April 5, 2025 at 12:46 pm
QUEEN Radio Ga Ga (1984 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including I Go Crazy, housed in a paper picture sleeve QUEEN1)
- Queen - Radio Ga Ga - Solid - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.90, €11.80 (New Item) (arrived 26-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 5, 2025 at 12:46 pm
QUEEN Radio Ga Ga (1984 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also including I Go Crazy, housed in a paper picture sleeve QUEEN1)
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