Dame Shirley Bassey
Dame Shirley Bassey at Royal Mail
Royal Mail is celebrating the unique voice and iconic status of Dame Shirley Bassey 70 years on from the start of her career in 1953 with a set of eight special stamps capturing her spellbinding performances. A Miniature Sheet with an additional four stamps shows a more natural side of Dame Shirley with photographs taken during recording sessions and rehearsals.
2023 (September 21 2023)
Commemorative
Designed by Royal Mail Group Limited
Size 35mm (h) x 35mm (v)
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process Lithography
Perforations 14.5 x 14.5
Gum PVA
Stamps
Performing at the Pigalle nightclub, London, 13 September 1965
1st
Performing in Bournemouth, October 1974
1st
Performing at the BBC Electric Proms, The Roundhouse, London, 23 October 2009
1st
Performing at the Safeway Picnic in the Park 2002
1st
Performing in Brighton, 1988
£2.00
Performing on a TV show, 1963
£2.00
Singing ‘World in Union’ (with Bryn Terfel) during the Opening Ceremony of the Rugby World Cup, Cardiff, 1 October 1999
£2.00
Performing during the Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, California, 24 February 2013
£2.00
Rehearsing before a concert at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate her 25 years in show business, March 1978
from Miniature Sheet1st
During rehearsals before the opening of her season at the Talk of the Town theatre in London, 26 September 1962
from Miniature Sheet1st
In the recording studio, 1961
from Miniature Sheet£2.00
At Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland, 2009
from Miniature Sheet£2.00
Presentation Pack
Pack 639
Miniature Sheet Pack
First Day Cover
Miniature Sheet FDC
Prestige Pane FDC
Philatelic Numismatic Cover
Postmark
Miniature Sheet
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process : Lithography
Size 146mm (h) x 74mm (v)
Print Process : Lithography
Size 146mm (h) x 74mm (v)
Series : Fan Sheet
Prestige Stamp Book
RM Code YB114
MBPC - DB5 DB5(100)
MBPC - DB5 DB5(100)
Generic Sheet
Publicity - First
PHQ Cards
Pack PHQ522
RM Code AQ344
RM Code AQ344
