One last time Queen Elizabeth II will be seen in profile on the Royal Mail’s Christmas commemorative stamps. Money with her image is also being exchanged little by little.
This year, for the last time, Brits can decorate their Christmas mail with the face of their decades-old monarch. On Thursday, the Royal Mail presented special stamps with various Christmas motifs, in the corner of which Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September, can be seen again in profile as a silhouette. According to the Correios Museum, this profile design has been used on commemorative stamps since 1967.
Tokens, coins, notes
However, the queen is not only very present on stamps, but also coins and banknotes in everyday British life – and will remain so for years to come. Only gradually will the money be exchanged for new notes and coins with the profile of King Charles III. exchanged, since the end of October the first coins with a portrait of Charles have been in circulation. Her mother died in September, aged 96, after 70 years on the British throne.
Later this year, the Bank of England will also present banknotes depicting the new King of Great Britain. However, the new banknotes are not expected to enter circulation until mid-2024. The design will not change – apart from the head in profile. At the request of the palace, the notes already printed with the portrait of the Queen will continue to circulate for ecological and financial reasons.
(APA/red)