Editing Millennium stamp (section)

==United Kingdom==
[[Image:MilleniumStamp.png|thumb|upright|1999; [[Freddie Mercury]] (with Queen bandmate [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]] in background)]]

===1999===

In 1999 [[Royal Mail]] issued a series of stamps that were classified into 12 groups (known as "tales") including Entertainment, Science & Technology and Sport, with one group released in each month during the year. The set issued in September 1999 called ''The Farmers' Tale''<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/displayset.asp?setid=244 |title=Millennium Series. The Farmers' Tale (1999) |publisher=CollectGBStamps |accessdate=3 September 2010
}}</ref> contained a 19p stamp that doubled as Royal Mail's contribution to that year's [[Europa postage stamp]] issue, which was on the theme of Parks and Reserves.

One of the most notable postage stamps in the collection was one commemorating the life of [[Queen (band)|Queen]] frontman (and avid stamp collector) [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref>[http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/displayset.asp?setid=239 Millennium Series. The Entertainers' Tale (1999) : Collect GB Stamps]</ref> It caused controversy for the appearance of [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]] in the background at the drums, as it was an understood rule at the time that the only living people allowed to appear on British stamps could be members of the [[British Royal Family]]. However, Sir [[Francis Chichester]] had appeared on a Royal Mail postage stamp, while still alive, in 1967.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7669252.stm BBC | News – The politics of stamps]</ref>

Other stamps featured: English football hero [[Bobby Moore]]; a picture of the structure of [[DNA]]; and a fossil of [[Archaeopteryx]], the first known bird.

The pack called "Entertainers' Tale" was – 19p : [[Freddie Mercury]] (photo, Mercury's Magic/P Blake); 26p : [[Bobby Moore]] (artwork, World Cup/M White); 44p : Dalek (photo, Doctor Who/Lord Snowdon) and 64p : [[Charlie Chaplin]] (artwork, Chaplin's Genius/Ralph Steadman).

[[Image:Scoseabirdstamp.jpg|thumb|upright|2000; Scottish Seabird Centre]]
===2000===
These stamps commemorated a selection of projects throughout the UK which had received funding from the [[Millennium Commission]]. The stamps were released in 12 monthly sub-collections with 4 stamps apiece, making a total of 48 stamps.  So, in 1999 and 2000, some 96 millennium stamps.

The stamps featured such projects as the [[Eden Project]], the [[Tate Modern]] art gallery, the [[National Space Centre]] and the [[Scottish Seabird Centre]].