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MORE POSTAGE STAMPS FOR THE PRINCE
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LONDON, May 12 "” Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is to appear on a special set of stamps to mark his 21st birthday, the Royal Mail said on Sunday. Four portraits of William, eldest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, will be released four days before his birthday on June 21.
THE ROYAL MAIL has printed 20 million of the stamps and expects to attract interest from around the world. "All the royal stamps sell very well," a Royal Mail spokesman said. "There is quite a big market for them."
Three of the photographs used for the stamps were taken in September 2001 on the day William began a course in art history at St Andrews University in Scotland. The fourth was taken at Highgrove, Prince Charles' country home in western England, when William was 18. Queen Elizabeth approved the stamps, which have face values of between 28 pence and 68 pence.
William first appeared on a British stamp in 2000 to mark the 100th birthday of the Queen Mother. That year, the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau in Sutton, Surrey, co-ordinated the concept and production of special "Happy Birthday Prince William" omnibus issues for seven countries to mark William's 18th birthday.
This year the Royal Mint is issuing a five-pound coin to mark William's birthday.
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