The final stamps adorned with the late Queen’s silhouette have been unveiled by the Royal Mail ✉️
The new commemorative set features 12 stamps depicting the National Railway Museum’s famous train in various locations across the UK.One of twelve new stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman All newly produced special stamps will feature King Charles III now The spots include the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and at London’s Victoria Station.
A further miniature set of four stamps features images of the Flying Scotsman and London North Eastern Railway poster artwork from the 1920s and ’30s, when it first began travelling on British rails. David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal Mail, said: ‘Flying Scotsman is a national treasure of engineering and design that conjures up the golden age of steam travel.’
The ‘remarkable locomotive epitomises the romance of rail travel and is loved’ by people all over the world, he added.Stamp illustrator David Gentleman is responsible for the design, adapted from Mary Gillick’s original, which has been in constant use on British stamps since 1968.
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