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Monster mascot in the mail

eavy metal group Iron Maiden is joining the select list of musicians to appear on British postage stamps, says BBC News. Royal Mail has released a collection of 12 stamps, four of which show Eddie, the band’s iconic monster mascot. Eddie, who. The other stamps feature pictures of the band on tour between 1980 and 2018. The set of four Eddie stamps will cost £5.60, while the set of eight is priced at £11.70. Iron Maiden has sold more than 100 million records, including, which was the number-one single in the week after Christmas in 1990. Other bands who have featured on their own stamp issue are The Beatles (2007), Pink Floyd (2016), Queen (2020) and The Rolling Stones (2022).

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