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New Royal Mail stamps — EMBARGOED TO 0001 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 Undated handout Royal Mail photo from their set of Game of Thrones stamps available from January 23, 2018. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday January 3, 2018. The set of 15 first class stamps mark the significant British contribution to the production of the award-winning HBO drama series. Photo credit should read: Royal Mail/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Royal Mail unveils stamps honouring Game of Thrones

January 4, 2018

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The Royal Mail has unveiled a set of 15 first-class stamps featuring characters from the fantasy TV show, which will go on sale later this month.

The HBO series, based on the books by George RR Martin, is filmed principally in Northern Ireland and has a mainly British and Irish cast. The stamps include “Mother of Dragons” Daenerys Targaryen, played by Emilia Clarke, jon Snow, Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey).

Other characters to feature are Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), Tywin Lannister (Charles Dance), Eddard Stark (Sean Bean), Olenna Tyrell (Dame Diana Rigg), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), and Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).