The 80th birthday stamps
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To celebrate the 80th birthday of The Queen, Royal Mail issued eight stamps on 18 April 2006. Designed by Sedley Place, these feature informal photographic portraits taken throughout her life. Printing was by the Dutch printers Enschedé in tritones (three identical images are printed on top of each other giving a richer appearance).
Alternative designs were proposed by Kate Stephens, featuring both formal and informal photographs from the life of The Queen. Other proposals were submitted by Why Not Associates, who based their submissions on ‘Equanimity’, the holographic portrait by Chris Levine commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust in 2004 to commemorate 800 years of allegiance to the crown.
