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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Prince George poses for his very first postage stamp alongside his father, his grandfather – and the great-grandmother



Prince George poses for his very first postage stamp alongside his father, his grandfather – and the great-grandmother whose face has appeared on more stamps than anyone in history.

Ahead of the Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthdayin Thursday April 21,2016,the Royal Mail has released this historic image. 

It is the scene on a new sheet of four commemorative First Class stamps.

The trickiest part was ensuring that all the principals were at roughly the same height and spaced evenly apart. That is because each face has to fit neatly inside its own perforated outline (pictured) on each sheet of four stamps - but the skilled photographer managed




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