A set of stamps honouring Dame Shirley Bassey's 70 years in showbiz has been issued by Royal Mail - its first set dedicated to a solo female music artist.
The eight stamps in the main set show the Welsh singer performing during her illustrious music career at venues as diverse as a London nightclub and the opening ceremony of the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Dame Shirley, now 86, is pictured on a TV show in 1963, near the start of her time in music, and as recently as 2013, at the Oscars ceremony.There is also a sheet of four stamps of candid black and white photographs taken of her during recording sessions and rehearsals.
Royal Mail has issued dedicated sets of stamps for David Bowie, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, but never to a female solo music artist.Dame Shirley said:"I am absolutely thrilled and would never have dreamed that one day my face would be on a stamp... that one day a letter might arrive and there I am, with a postmark next to me!More on Royal Mail
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