Royal Mail Stamps & Collectibles have released many stamps from popular culture. The company recently announced they were releasing a set of video game-related stamps to celebrate 40 years of gaming in the UK. The stamp set features iconic games from the 1980s and 1990s. Announced today: brilliant #VideoGames on …
Read More »Classic UK Video Games Celebrated in New Royal Mail Stamp Sets
Royal Mail’s first stamp issue of the new decade highlights landmark British video games. The postal service packs 12 iconic titles into a collection celebrating classic UK-designed games “that put the ‘joy’ in ‘joystick.’” Selected with the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE), video game journalist Julian Rignall, and Bitmap …
Read More »Look: Royal Mail announces classic video game stamp collection with ‘Tomb Raider’
Jan. 7 (UPI) — The United Kingdom’s Royal Mail service announced Tuesday a new line of stamps centered around classic British-developed video games, including Tomb Raider. The stamps, which will become available on Jan. 21, feature images of Elite, Sensible Soccer, Wipeout, Dizzy, Worms, Lemmings, Micro Machines and Populous. The …
Read More »Tomb Raider and other classic British gaming triumphs celebrated with new Royal Mail stamps
Tom Raider and other influential games that were designed in the UK from the 1980s and 1990s are being celebrated in a new set of 12 stamps. The Royal Mail collection includes four stamps presented in a Miniature-Sheet chronicling protagonist Lara Croft through the years. Space trading title Elite, the Dizzy series, 1989’s Populous, …
Read More »Video Game Stamps Pay Tribute To The Classics, In Case You Ever Actually Need To Send A Letter
Britain’s Royal Mail is about to launch a series of stamps paying tribute to the country’s biggest and best video game creations from days of old, from Tomb Raider to Elite to Wipeout to Sensible Soccer. They’ll go on sale on January 21, and will cost £14.25 (USD$18.75). The main …
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