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Rockers Queen featured on new set of Royal Mail stamps

ROCKERS Queen will be joining Her Majesty the Queen on UK postage stamps.

They are only the third band to get the honour after The Beatles  and Pink Floyd. The stamps will go on sale July 9.

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Queen feature on a new set of Royal Mail stamps
Queen are only the third band to get the honour after The Beatles  and Pink Floyd

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Queen are only the third band to get the honour after The Beatles  and Pink Floyd

Album covers will be on eight stamps – Queen II, 1974; Sheer Heart Attack, 1974; A Night At The Opera, 1975; News Of The World, 1977; The Game, 1980; Greatest Hits, 1981; The Works, 1984; and Innuendo, 1991.

The miniature-sheet has images of Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium, 1986; Roger Taylor at Hyde Park, 1976; John Deacon at Hammersmith Odeon, 1975; and Brian May in Budapest, 1986.

Drummer Roger Taylor said: “Wow – stamps featuring our albums. What an honour. We must be really part of the furniture now.”

Brian May added: “Since we four precocious boys started out on our quest 50 years ago, our lives have been devoted to making our impossible dream come true.

Roger Taylor said: 'What an honour. We must be really part of the furniture now'

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Roger Taylor said: ‘What an honour. We must be really part of the furniture now’
Bassist John Deacon pictured at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975

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Bassist John Deacon pictured at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975

“Sometimes it’s strange to wake up and realise the position in which we are now held – we have become a national institution, and nothing brings this home more than this incredible tribute from Royal Mail.|

Philip Parker, of Royal Mail, said: “With their truly original, theatrical sound and effortless ability to mix musical styles, Queen are rock royalty.

“We pay tribute to one of the most loved bands of all time with these stunning stamps.”

Brian May said: 'We have become a national institution, and nothing brings this home more than this incredible tribute from Royal Mail'

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Brian May said: ‘We have become a national institution, and nothing brings this home more than this incredible tribute from Royal Mail’
Philip Parker, of Royal Mail, said: 'We pay tribute to one of the most loved bands of all time with these stunning stamps'

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Philip Parker, of Royal Mail, said: ‘We pay tribute to one of the most loved bands of all time with these stunning stamps’
Brian May says he ‘felt like he died’ after being rushed to hospital with a heart attack

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