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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。

発売初日の消印が記念押印されたファーストデイ・カバー。こちらは「エディンバラ」ヴァージョンで『HUNKY DORY』『ALADDIN SANE』『“HEROES”』『LET'S DANCE』『EARTHLING』『BLACKSTAR』 のアルバム・デザイン6種類の切手セット。インフォメーション・カード付属。

FIRST DAY COVERとは:
切手発行を記念して、封筒に切手を貼り切手発売日の日付が入った記念押印がされた記念品封筒のこと。

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THIS STRIKING FIRST DAY COVER IS THE PERFECT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE BRITISH ICON, DAVID BOWIE. FEATURES ALL SIX SPECIAL STAMPS, AN EDINBURGH HANDSTAMP AND AN INFORMATION CARD. THE CARD PROVIDES A TIMELINE OF SPECIFIC AND IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN BOWIE'S LIFE.

FEATURES ALL SIX SPECIAL STAMPS

THE INFORMATION CARD PROVIDES A TIMELINE OF SPECIFIC AND IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN BOWIE'S CAREER.

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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.