Final stamps featuring Queen unveiled by Royal Mail

The final set of stamps that will feature the late Queen’s silhouette has been unveiled by Royal Mail.

Queen Elizabeth II’s picture will appear on the set of unique stamps which mark the 100th anniversary of the steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman.

There will be 12 stamps depicting the famous train in various locations across the UK, including crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, and at London’s Victoria Station.

There will also be a set of four small stamps, which feature images of the Flying Scotsman and LNER (London North Eastern Railway) poster artwork from the 1920s and ’30s – when it first began travelling on British rails.

Royal Mail spokesman David Gold said the Flying Scotsman is a “national treasure of engineering” and a design that “conjures up the golden age of steam travel”.

He said the stamps embody “the romance of rail travel and is loved” by people worldwide.

“We are honoured to mark this landmark milestone with a set of special stamps,” he added.

David Gentleman, a stamp illustrator, designed the stamps, which were adapted from Mary Gillick’s 1952 effigy of Elizabeth II, which has appeared on special stamps since 1968.

Here are some of the stamps from the collection:

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The final stamps of the Elizabethan era can be ordered from Tuesday, and will go on general release next week.

Future commemorative stamps will show a silhouette of the King.