Last stamps with Queen Elizabeth II's head unveiled

28 February 2023 , 00:01

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The new stamps mark the 100th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman (Image: Getty Images)

The silhouette of the late Queen Elizabeth appears on stamps for the final time to mark the 100th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman.

The stunning collection is being released by the Royal Mail and the National Railway Museum on March 9.

A special collector’s edition of 12 features the famous steam locomotive in locations including the North Yorkshire Moors and London Victoria.

A further four in a miniature sheet show railway poster art from the 1920s and 1930s.

The silhouette of the Queen has been on all special stamps since 1968. It was adapted from a 1953 design by sculptor Mary Gillick.

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The stamps will be released by the Royal Mail and the National Railway Museum

The 12-stamp set features the National Railway Museum’s Flying Scotsman in various locations across the UK, including:

• Pickering Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
• In the Yorkshire Dales National ParK
• Crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
• Steaming through the town of Blyth in Northumberland
• In a blizzard at Heap Bridge on the East Lancashire Railway
• Crossing the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed
• At London’s Victoria Station
• In close-up at Shildon, County Durham

These will be the final Special Stamps to feature Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s silhouette (2016 © Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo;)

A further four stamps presented in a miniature sheet show images of Flying Scotsman and London North Eastern Railway (LNER) poster artwork from the 1920s and 1930s.

These will be the final Special Stamps to feature Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s silhouette.

The stamps are now available to pre-order at www.royalmail.com/flyingscotsman

The silhouette of the Queen has been on all special stamps since 1968

All 12 stamps in a Presentation Pack go on general sale from 9 March and have been priced at £17.70.

The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman is a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway at Doncaster Works.

The 70ft locomotive retired from regular service in 1963 after covering more than two million miles.

Russell Myers