The Queen turns 90 tomorrow and to commemorate the occasion, she posed alongside members of her family for pictures which will be used in four First Class stamps.
Perched proudly on a pile of foam blocks, but holding Daddy's hand just in case, Prince George poses for his very first postage stamp alongside his father, his grandfather – and the great-grandmother whose face has appeared on more stamps than anyone in history.
This is not just any picture, it took some manipulation to arrange because in a stamp, each face has to fit neatly inside its own perforated outline on each sheet of four stamps. Also, all the principals have to be at roughly the same height and spaced evenly apart, that's why Prince George had to stand on a pile of foam blocks.
It is a special picture of the reigning Queen and three future kings.
There are further six new stamps to mark the birthday.
There are three black and white 'family' scenes depicting the Queen with her father as a little girl, with her two elder children, and with the Duke of Edinburgh.
The other stamps, in colour, reflect her official roles.
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