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Russell Myers & Abbie Meehan

Queen Elizabeth's final stamps features Edinburgh's Mons Meg marking anniversary of Flying Scotsman

A silhouette of the late Queen Elizabeth II will appear on new stamps for the final time, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman.

Royal Mail and the National Railway Museum will release the collection on March 9, reports the Mirror. A special edition of the stamps features 12 images of the famous train in various locations, including the North Yorkshire Moors and London Victoria.

Four more stamps in a smaller sheet will showcase railway poster art from the 1920's and 1930's. The side profile silhouette of the Queen has been on all special stamps since 1968, and was adapted from a 1953 design by sculptor Mary Gillick.

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