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 - Headlong + insert - UK - 12" picture disc - £50.00, $62.50, €58.00 (New Item) (arrived 25-Apr-2024 11:24)on April 25, 2024 at 5:23 pm
QUEEN Headlong (1991 UK limited edition 3-track 12" Picture Disc single with clear surround, also including All God's People and Mad The Swine; with the back picture insert within a clear PVC sleeve. This example remains in a 'near as new' condition 12QUEENPD18)
- Queen - A Kind Of Magic + p/s - UK - 12" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.20 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 10:26)on April 25, 2024 at 5:23 pm
QUEEN A Kind Of Magic (1986 UK 12" single featuring the Extended Version of the song used as the theme to the 'Highlander' movie, also including A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling. The glossy picture sleeve shows a small bit of paper loss on thereverse from ringwear, but otherwise displays minimal shelf wear & the vinyl is Excellent with light signs of play 12QUEEN7)
- Queen - The Platinum Collection - UK - 3-CD set - £25.00, $31.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 08-Apr-2024 17:42)on April 25, 2024 at 5:23 pm
QUEEN The Platinum Collection (2006 issue UK 51-track 3-CD album collection comprising of all 3 of their hugely successful hits collections together including the classic hits 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Don't Stop Me Now', 'We Will Rock You', 'We AreThe Champions', 'Radio Ga Ga', 'I Want To Break Free', 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', 'Heaven For Everyone', 'Another Ones Bites The Dust' and many more! Presented in an embossed outer slip case showing just a few light marks from storage but otherwise excellent with original store stickers, housing a fat double jewel case with picture booklet and all contents near as new)
- Queen - Queen II - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.00 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2024 13:32)on April 25, 2024 at 5:23 pm
QUEEN Queen II (1974 UK second press 11-track LP, fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve with round cornered lyric inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition EMA767)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €145.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 10:47)on April 25, 2024 at 5:23 pm
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (1974 UK first issue 13-track vinyl LP, complete with angled corner lyric inner with Queen crest directly below the lyrics and 'G&L' below, fully laminated picture sleeve with 'Trident' logo on the reverse. The sleeve is shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in wonderful condition with few signs of play EMC3061)
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