Stamp Set
Record status
Individual type · partial
This item is a Royal Mail presentation pack containing a set of Elton John postage stamps. The set comprises eight stamps depicting album covers and four stamps illustrating live performances. The featured album covers consist of Honky Château (1972), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973), Caribou (1974), Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975), Sleeping With The Past (1989), The One (1992), Made In England (1995), and Songs From The West Coast (2001). The four live performance stamps represent concerts at Madison Square Garden (2018), Hammersmith Odeon (1973), Buckingham Palace (2012), and Dodger Stadium (1975).
The pack was designed by Royal Mail Group Ltd Stamp and printed by International Security Printers using lithography. The materials used include paper and polyvinyl alcohol. The presentation pack measures 217 mm in width and 117 mm in height, featuring a printed sleeve that displays the stamps alongside bold typography.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Width: 217 mm; Height: 117 mm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Royal Mail Group Ltd Stamp; International Security Printers
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Stamp Set
- Museum object number
- S.103:1 to 12-2020
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.