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Rock band Queen featured on new set of Royal Mail stamps

A design for one of a series of stamps issued by Royal Mail as a tribute to the band [Photo: Royal Mail/Queen /Handout]

British postage stamps which often portray the monarch will honour a different Queen in a new Royal Mail series - the veteran rock band that is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

The set of 13 stamps on sale next month will feature artwork from their most popular album covers, images from the band’s extravagant live performances and their first studio photoshoot in 1974.

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