Royal Mail – Philately & Stamps

The Queen and her philatelic assets

The Queen has been on postage stamps since 50 years and going strong. Her reign on England and Postage Stamps is quite remarkable. This linkage further entwines into her own personal wealth, so as to speak of.

As of 2015, she is worth £300million but is “asset rich and cash poor”, claims the most comprehensive analysis of her wealth in decades.

Some of her most valuable possessions are kept under wraps, or rather protective sheets.

She inherited the Royal Philatelic Collection, the world’s most comprehensive collection of postage stamps of Britain and the Commonwealth, from her father, George VI.

Many of the most prized pieces were assembled by his father, George V.

With just one set of penny blacks valued at £4million, the Queen’s total collection must be worth £10million although some estimates put the figure at £100million.

The Queen also owns a valuable art collection worth many millions.

HILARIOUS POSTAGE STAMP DESIGNS @ BRITS’ BREXIT

In the UK, specially-designed stamps honor cultural fixations and key anniversaries. It’s comes as no surprise that many Brits were bothered by the Royal Mail’s decision not to issue a special stamp to mark the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union by April 2019—arguably the most defining event in its recent history.

A few decades ago, a 1973 commemorative set that marked the year the UK joined the European Economic Community (which became part of the EU in 1993). But nothing to commemorate Brexit. Disappointingly.

There have been plenty funny attempt to design a Brexit Stamps. In this article, I share with you some of these hilarious attempts.

Collectively, they capture anxiety, regret, anger, and sorrow for the impending separation with the rest of Europe—all delivered with characteristic dry wit.