Royal Mail reveals the minimalist image that will appear on stamps from 4 April.
"It was 70 years that we had the same monarch and since 1967 we've had pretty much the same stamps," said Mr Gold.
Britain's postage stamps are unique in not showing the name of the country, and the new stamps have nothing except the King's head, the price and also, now, an attached barcode. Millions of new stamps are being printed, which will be used concurrently with those of Queen Elizabeth II, which will be sold until the old stocks run out.The image released by the Royal Mail is for so-called "definitive" stamps, which are the regular, plain, non-commemorative postage stamps. Some of the first sheets were unveiled at the Postal Museum in London, which is showing an exhibition called the King's Stamp.
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