The Royal Mail have announced that four special stamps of the Queen will be released to commemorate the nation's longest-serving monarch.
The stamps are the first approved by King Charles III and feature images of his later mother taken at different points during her 70 year reign.
They will go on general sale from November 10, retailing at £6.95 for a presentation pack of all four stamps. They are also available to to pre-order on the Royal Mail’s website.
The second-class stamps will feature a photograph of Her Majesty taken by Dorothy Wilding in 1952 to mark the Queen’s accession and coronation.
While the first-class stamp will include one taken by Cecil Beaton in 1968 in which the monarch is standing in her admiral’s cloak with her head tilted to the left, Wales Online reports.
A portrait taken in November 1984 by Yousuf Karsh will appear on £1.85 stamps. A photo taken by Tim Graham in 1996 while the Queen attended a banquet at Prague Castle during her visit to the Czech Republic will be the image on the £2.55 stamps.
All four stamp images were released in the Golden Jubilee stamp issue in 2002 and were approved by the late Queen for issue that year.
Simon Thompson, chief executive of Royal Mail, said: “For the past 70 years every British stamp has been personally approved by Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.
“Today we are unveiling these stamps, the first to be approved by His Majesty The King, in tribute to a woman whose commitment to public service and duty was unparalleled in the history of this country.”
Since the Queen's passing, collectors have been working to get a hold of standard postal stamps with the her Majesty's image. Experts predict the postage items are to sky rocket in value as they will be gradually phased out.
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