Pink Floyd’s and Led Zeppelin’s albums to be featured on British stamps

Oct 10, 2009
A special collection of stamps featuring sleeves of world-famous albums by English rock-musicians will be released in Britain. All in all, covers of 10 albums will be used, including such records The Division Bell by Pink Floyd, Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones, A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay and others.

Stamps will enter the circulation on January 7.

According to the reports, the shortlist of the albums was bigger, but some sleeves were deemed inappropriate because images were too dark.

The full list of albums to be featured on stamps is:
1. The Division Bell – Pink Floyd
2. Parklife – Blur
3. London Calling – The Clash
4. Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
5. Power, Corruption & Lies – New Order
6. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
7. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
8. A Rush Of Blood To The Head – Coldplay
9. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars – David Bowie
10. Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield