Veteran rockers Queen will become the third music group to have a dedicated stamp issue after the Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016. Photos: Reuters
Veteran rockers Queen, who have sold more than 300 million records, become the third music group to have a dedicated stamp issue after the Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016.
Now commemorating the 50th anniversary of their formation, Queen will be celebrated in a set of 13 stamps featuring artwork from their most popular album covers and images from their most extravagant live performances.
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Queen get its own stamps
The centrepiece of the collection is a black-and-white picture of Queen taken by British photographer Johnny Dewe Mathews taken during the group's first-ever studio photoshoot in a Primrose Hill studio.
There are individuals stamps featuring Queen's members on stage, such as this one of Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium during the band's 1986 Magic Tour.
Bassist John Deacon at the Hammersmith Odeon during 1975's A Night At The Opera tour.
Queen drummer Roger Taylor in a 1976 show at Hyde Park.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'Queen II'.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'Greatest Hits'.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'A Night At The Opera'.
One of the stamps features the cover for 'Innuendo', which notably marked the band's last album to be released during frontman Freddie Mercury's lifetime.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'Sheer Heart Attack'.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'The Game'
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'The Works'.
One of the stamps depicting the album cover for 'News Of The World'.
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