French postal service pays tribute to Queen with collector stamps

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It comes as a Perpignan shoe brand releases a limited edition design with an image of Queen Elizabeth’s face on the front

By Emma Morgan

French postal service La Poste has paid homage to the life of Queen Elizabeth II by creating a book of four collector stamps representing four important moments in her life.

Some 50,000 of the stamps were put on sale on the La Poste website yesterday (September 19) – to mark the monarch’s funeral – at €8.50 per book of four.

The stamps are valid for priority letter postage (lettres prioritaires) across the world, and do not have an expiry date.


The first shows Elizabeth II during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977, the second has her riding a horse during the 1972 Trooping the Colour, the third shows her in London in 1986, and the fourth again in London in 2002, her Golden Jubilee year.

“A sovereign of wisdom and strength, she will have profoundly marked her nation, her people and history itself, forging throughout her 70 years of reign friendly relations with France,” La Poste said.

Tribute espadrilles fly off the shelves
A Perpignan-based company specialising in espadrilles has released a limited edition design marking the death of the Queen, which has provoked significant interest around the world.

The company, Payote, produced 500 pairs of the shoes, which have an image of the Queen’s face on the front, and the words of ‘God save the Queen’ around the back.

The espadrilles sold across France, Belgium, Hungary, Canada and beyond, with 200 ordered within 12 hours.

However, Payote’s founder Olivier Gely said that he had initially meant the shoes simply as a tribute on social media, and had not intended to sell them.

“We were in the workshop and we said that it would be cool to create an espadrille with the Queen’s face,” he said. “We did it and posted a photo on social media around 20:00, and at 22:00 we had received more than 1,000 messages asking us if we were going to sell them.”

Money received from the shoe sales will go to the Apprentis d’Auteuil foundation, which works to give vulnerable children a good start in life.