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Royal Mail stamps + "classic" album covers.

ZnorXmanZnorXman
edited January 2010 in Chit chat
Just saw this news tidbit but there were no pics of the stamps ... anyone know where they are to be found? (i.e. where can I view them online?)

EDIT:
OK, well ... I did find this from the official Royal Mail site but I want to see better pics of the actual stamps.
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Look on http://www.nme.com/home , theres a link on the main page to the different covers
  • fogfog
    edited January 2010
    there is..

    londons calling.. clash

    coldplay (one with statue)

    tubular bells (oldfield)

    pink floyd

    dunno what other ones are off the top of my head.. the red sprite thing looks familour

    here ya go >

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm

    ahh the sprite one was primal screem IRC.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Look on http://www.nme.com/home , theres a link on the main page to the different covers

    Thanks for that.

    I have a feeling that's just for show though and not the real stamps ... I wonder if the actual stamps have the LP on one side and if it really has that embossed look.

    EDIT
    fog wrote: »
    here ya go >

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8444156.stm

    Thanks! From that link I saw this, maybe the stamps really do have that LP sticking out! :

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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited January 2010
    Quite gutted they didnt select Gareth Gates debut album, criminal
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited January 2010
    Forget album covers I'd like to see stamps of classic computer games.


    Just for a laugh what Spectrum game box images would you like to see on a stamp or would be most funny on a stamp, bare in mind that stamps cannot picture a real living person, only dead ones or ones depicting fictional characters (except the queen).
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  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited January 2010
    psj3809 wrote: »
    Quite gutted they didnt select Gareth Gates debut album, criminal

    They'd need a bigger stamp.

    i.e. F ff fffeerr ff ff fffeeerr ff ff eh.... ffff ehh firs st stt cl cl cla aa.. arse.
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited January 2010
    Any Wakelin ones.

    JSW:MMM where if you tilt the stamp you get the animated effect ... for this stamp to become a reality Milesy would have to "expire" ...
  • ADJBADJB
    edited January 2010
    Why did they use the Division Bell cover rather than DSOM, far more iconic.
  • fogfog
    edited January 2010
    I looked up why that floyd album.. makes sense why it wasn't used...

    same with led zep album etc.. it's partly the colours / darkness that comes into it as well


    too dark to post mark.. but I'd have done it on a white background instead hhmm
  • grey keygrey key
    edited January 2010
    Why no Chas`n`Dave ?????
    Every time I read that the oldest person in the world has died, I have to do a quick check to see it isn't ME..........
  • ADJBADJB
    edited January 2010
    fog wrote: »
    I looked up why that floyd album.. makes sense why it wasn't used...

    same with led zep album etc.. it's partly the colours / darkness that comes into it as well


    too dark to post mark.. but I'd have done it on a white background instead hhmm

    If that's true then a better option would have been wish you were Here, very light coloured cover and again more iconic.

    I would have gone for Led Zep 4 anyway, it's generally accepted as a classic.
  • SpexSpex
    edited January 2010
    Why no Chas`n`Dave ?????

    Cos they're not dead are they? Joe Strummer is, so he gets to be on a stamp.

    I think a stamp that says London Calling is great, but only if you live in London of course.

    S
  • milemile
    edited January 2010
    i think brain may or roger taylor accidently appeared on a stamp which was of freddy mercury.
  • redballoonredballoon
    edited January 2010
    mile wrote: »
    i think brain may or roger taylor accidently appeared on a stamp which was of freddy mercury.

    It wouldn't be the first time that Freddy Mercury had been licked from behind.
  • grey keygrey key
    edited January 2010
    mile wrote: »
    i think brain may

    Is that the one from Thunderbirds ?
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  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2010
    ADJB wrote: »
    Why did they use the Division Bell cover rather than DSOM, far more iconic.

    Or the 'Animals' cover...
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
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