King Charles III (74) is now featured on standard Royal Mail stamps: the website is now selling the first sets of the new stamps.
The portrait of the British monarch is similar in style to the 1967 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II previously featured on the stamps. Striking: Charles is not wearing a crown in the picture. The design is based on a sculpture created by artist Martin Jennings for the new coins featuring King Charles’ likeness.
The 74-year-old is the seventh monarch to be featured on postage stamps. The first was Queen Victoria in 1840.
According to the Royal Mail, it will still be a while before the new stamps featuring King Charles are in circulation every day because: There is still a large stock of stamps featuring Queen Elizabeth II that are only just beginning to be used up should be.
A spokeswoman for the Royal Mail: “Both post offices and retailers will continue to sell the existing stamps featuring the Queen’s portrait, and only then will supply the new stamps. In this way, both the environmental and financial implications of the change of kings can be mitigated be minimized.”
Incidentally, the new stamps with Charles’ likeness were introduced at the same time as a price increase: a First Class stamp now costs £1.10 (EUR 1.26) in Great Britain, and a Second Class stamp costs 75 pence (86 cents).
