Sunday, 24 May 2026

Queen


1990: Greeting Stamps - Smiles
Queen of Hearts by Colin Elgie.
1991: Europa - Europe in Space

In August 1846 Queen Victoria was the first monarch to visit Guernsey. The attention of European astronomers, and no doubt Price Albert, was on the hunt for a previously unknown eighth planet, in fact this planet, later named Neptune, was seen twice in August but mistaken for a star and was not identified as a planet until September 1846.

2020: Queen

Queen Live - Freddy Mercury at Wembley Stadium, 1986; Roger Taylor at Queen's free London concert, 1976; The full band photographed at Primrose Hill, 1974; John Deacon at the Hammersmith Odeon, 1975 and Brian May at Nepstadion,Budapest, 1986

Sunday Stamps A-Z and here at Q for Queen - See It On A Postcard  

7 comments:

viridian said...

Thank you for the variety of stamps. I like your Queen live stamps!

violet s said...

Several unexpected queens! The queen of hearts made me laugh. And on Queen Victoria's birthday it is nice to see the queen herself (though we celebrate the weekend before her birthday. I believe we are the only country who has it as a holiday!)

Mail Adventures said...

I didn't expect these queens!
And I did not know about Victoria Day.

marina said...

whoa! awesome Queen Live set!!!!!! I really like the playing card queen.

FinnBadger said...

At first I didn't realise the top one was a stamp! Great Q post, and they all have Queen Elizabeth II's silhouette.

Lisa said...

Queen, the band, surprised me, I never thought of it! I love the first one.

Joy said...

I did not know that, how interesting. Our bank holiday is today 25th designated as Spring Bank Holiday but still gets called Whit Monday as in the past it tied in with Whitsunday (Pentecost) so was moveable.