Queen Elizabeth II's silhouette has been featured on special stamps since 1966 - but this collection will be the final one marking the late monarch.
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 poster artwork from the 1920s and '30s - when it first began travelling on British rails.
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"."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.
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