U.K. letter writers to get Beatles stamps
Beginning in January, letter writers in Britain will be able to send their missives with the stamp of the Beatles.
Britain’s Royal Mail plans to salute the Fab Four with a set of six commemorative stamps to be released in January. It released images of the stamps on Tuesday.
The stamps, for 64 and 72 pence, have images of six album covers รณ the first being With the Beatles, their second album, released in 1963.
In North America, this album was called Meet the Beatles and was the first release.
Others in the series include 1965’s Help, 1966’s Revolver, 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and 1970’s Let It Be.
But the stamp collectors’ treasure will surely be the album cover of Abbey Road, with its distinctive zebra crossing, a place of pilgrimage for visitors to London.
The cover shows the Beatles walking across the street outside the Abbey Road studio, with Paul McCartney barefoot.
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