THE QUEEN'S STAMP COLLECTION

The Royal Philatelic Collection is the British royal family’s name for the queen’s stamp collection which is made up of hundreds of boxes and albums filled with rare, valuable, and historic stamps. The albums are color-coded by monarch; red for King George V, blue for King George VI, and green for Queen Elizabeth.

King George V started collecting stamps in the late 1800s when he’d still been the Duke of York, according to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. When he took up the hobby, he enlisted the help of his uncle, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, who had originally started the royal stamp collection in 1864.

Over time, King George V became very interested in the hobby. Whenever he visited London, the king reportedly spent up to three afternoons a week working on the collection, once remarking he wanted the best stamp collection not just one of the best.

King George VI looks through stamps with the Curator of the Royal Stamp Collection

After King George V, King George VI took up the hobby and grew the stamp collection even more. Then came Queen Elizabeth who made it what it is today.

As The Sun reported, the queen is the fifth monarch to inherit the royal stamp collection. While we don’t know for sure, if Queen Elizabeth were to keep with royal tradition, she would leave the Royal Philatelic Collection to her oldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales, who is first in the royal family’s line of succession. However, we won’t know who will inherit the stamp collection until the queen’s demise.

The queen is said to be partial to giving guests a look at her stamp collection when they stay at Buckingham Palace.

Queen Elizabeth II looks at stamps

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Who Will Inherit the Queen’s £100 Million Stamp Collection When She Dies? (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/who-will-inherit-queens-100-million-stamp-collection-when-she-dies.html/)

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