List of people on stamps of Great Britain

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This is a list of people on stamps of the United Kingdom. (The number in parentheses is the year of first appearance on a stamp.)

The policy followed by the Royal Mail is that the only identifiable living people depicted on British stamps are the monarch and other members of the Royal Family (or people imminently marrying into it). This policy has only occasionally been broken, e.g. in the 1967 issue commemorating the solo round the world voyage of Gipsy Moth IV a person appears as an unidentified blob on the yacht – as there was only one person on board it must have been Francis Chichester. Similarly in the issue honouring the late Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor can be seen in the background.

The rule was again broken in December 2003 when players from England's victory over Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final were shown, however no faces appeared. The rule was finally abandoned with the release on the 6th October 2005 of a set of stamps to commemorate the English cricket team's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. The four stamps clearly and deliberately depict members of the team including captain Michael Vaughan and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff . A series of stamps to be released in January 2007 will feature some of the most famous Beatles album covers, which will also undoubtedly show members of the band who are still alive.

Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, were married in St. Paul's Cathedral, London on July 29, 1981.
Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, were married in St. Paul's Cathedral, London on July 29, 1981.

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