Queen Elizabeth II
Eight special stamps for the 70th throne jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II will once again receive special postage stamps from the Royal Mail.
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The Royal Mail has released eight commemorative stamps in honor of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th Jubilee.
Honor where honor is due: on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the throne, the Royal Mail honors Queen Elizabeth II (95) with a total of eight new stamps. The motifs chosen show the Queen at various official occasions during her reign.
For example, in a black-and-white picture, she waves to the cameras with a smile during a visit to the United States with Prince Consort Philip (1921-2021) in 1957. In other pictures she can be seen in 2020 during a visit to the British secret service MI5 or at a ceremony in Windsor (1999).
A tribute to her life
The chief of the British postal service, Simon Thompson, said in a statement to the BBC about a “tribute to a remarkable life of duty and public service”. These eight stamps are a “celebration of the second Elizabethan age”. A total of four so-called first-class stamps worth around 1 euro and four 1.7 pound stamps (around 2 euros) were released. All eight stamps can be ordered online together for £10.20 (approx. €12).
It goes without saying that this is not the first time that the Queen has been immortalized on a postage stamp. In addition to numerous portraits on conventional stamps, the Royal Mail also brought out comparable special editions for the 25th, 50th and 60th jubilee.