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英国ROYAL MAIL発行のDAVID BOWIE切手シリーズ!!

ROYAL MAIL初となる個別の音楽アーティストや文化人へのトリビュート・スタンプ・シリーズ。

『HUNKY DORY』『ALADDIN SANE』『“HEROES”』『LET'S DANCE』『EARTHLING』『BLACKSTAR』 のアルバム・デザイン切手6種類、『THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR, 1973』『THE STAGE TOUR, 1978』『THE SERIOUS MOONLIGHT TOUR, 1983』『A REALITY TOUR, 2004』のライヴ・デザイン切手4種類とスタンプ・シート付属セット。

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DAVID BOWIE WAS A GENUINE CHAMELEON, CREATING MUSIC AND STAGE SHOWS OF TRUE ORIGINALITY. THE PRESENTATION PACK EXPLORES HIS CAREER AND CREATIVITY FROM HIS EARLY INFLUENCES TO THE JAZZ-INFLUENCED ROCK OF HIS FINAL OPUS BLACKSTAR.

FEATURES ALL SIX SPECIAL STAMPS AND THE STAMP SHEET.

REPLETE WITH IMAGES, AND WITH TEXT BY BOWIE EXPERT NICHOLAS PEGG.

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■ALBUM COVER STAMPS

●HUNKY DORY, BOWIE’S FOURTH ALBUM AND RELEASED IN DECEMBER 1971. TIME MAGAZINE CHOSE IT AS PART OF THEIR "100 BEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME" LIST IN JANUARY 2010.

●ALADDIN SANE, HIS SIXTH ALBUM AND RELEASED IN APRIL 1973. THE ALBUM FEATURES THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN DUFFY.

●"HEROES", HIS TWELFTH STUDIO ALBUM AND RELEASED IN OCTOBER 1977. THIS WAS THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF HIS "BERLIN TRILOGY" RECORDED WITH BRIAN ENO AND TONY VISCONTI. THE TITLE TRACK REMAINS ONE OF BOWIE'S BEST KNOWN AND ACCLAIMED SONGS.

●LET’S DANCE, HIS FIFTEENTH STUDIO ALBUM AND RELEASED IN APRIL 1983. CO-PRODUCED BY NILE RODGERS, AND FEATURING THREE OF HIS MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLES LET'S DANCE, MODERN LOVE AND CHINA GIRL. LET'S DANCE IS BOWIE'S BEST-SELLING ALBUM.

●EARTHLING, HIS 23RD STUDIO ALBUM AND RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 1997. THE STRIKING COVER ART FEATURES BOWIE IN AN ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DESIGNED UNION FLAG COAT.

●★, BOWIE’S 28TH AND FINAL STUDIO ALBUM, RELEASED ON HIS 69TH BIRTHDAY - 8 JANUARY 2016 - AND CHARTING AT NO.1 IN MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES. BOWIE DIED TWO DAYS AFTER THE RELEASE OF ★, THE ALBUM REAFFIRMING HIS LEGACY AS MODERN MUSIC’S MOST UNRELENTING INNOVATOR AND TOPPING CRITICS’ ‘BEST OF 2016’ LISTS.


■LIVE STAMPS

●THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR, 1973. THE TOUR PROMOTED ALADDIN SANE AND TOOK IN THE UK, NORTH AMERICA, AND JAPAN.

●THE SERIOUS MOONLIGHT TOUR, 1983. THE TOUR WAS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE LET'S DANCE ALBUM AND UP TO THAT POINT WAS BOWIE'S LONGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL CONCERT TOUR.

●THE STAGE TOUR, 1978. ALSO KNOWN AS ISOLAR II ? THE 1978 WORLD TOUR WAS STAGED TO PROMOTE THE LOW AND “HEROES” ALBUMS.

●A REALITY TOUR, 2003/2004. STAGED TO PROMOTE THE REALITY ALBUM, THIS TOUR BECAME BOWIE’S LONGEST TOUR AND IT WOULD ALSO BE HIS LAST.