Isle of Man Stamps and Coins is honoured to recognise the accession and coronation of King Charles III with a set of twelve stamps. Eight of the stamps feature images of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Consort Camilla in a mix of ceremonial events and more social occasions and the three of the four final stamps show portraits of the King by Richard Stone, June Mendoza and Michael Griffiths with the final stamp showing HM the King's cypher.
HM King Charles III ascended to the throne following the death of his month, Queen Elizabeth II, on 8th September 2022 and he will be crowned in the official coronation ceremony on 6th May 2023. The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury and take place at Westminster Abbey.
In this issue we have combined the hopes and prayers of a generation: the King, his Queen Consort, the royal cypher, the life he has lived so far, and His coronation.
HM King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla
Stamp 1 – 80p. Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service, St Pauls Cathedral, London, 2 June 2022.
Stamp 2 – 80p. The State Opening of Parliament, 2015, attended by Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Stamp 3 – 80p. King Charles III attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall.
Stamp 4 – 80p. Camilla, Queen Consort and King Charles III during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace. This is the first state visit hosted by King Charles III as Monarch.
Stamp 5 – £1.82. Charles, Prince of Wales attending the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, 13 March 2017.
Stamp 6 – £1.82. Royal Ascot, Portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Mountbatten-Windsor.
Stamp 7 – £1.82. The Prince Of Wales & Duchess Of Cornwall at the National Parks ‘Big Picnic’ celebration in honour of all 15 of the UK’s National Parks, during an official visit to Devon & Cornwall on 17 July 2019.
Stamp 8 – £1.82. King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort attend the Ceremonial Welcome for South Africa’s President, on Horse Guards Parade in London on 22 November 2022, at the start of the President’s two-day state visit.
HM King Charles III Portraits and Cypher
Stamp 1 – £1.28. The Cypher of King Charles III includes his initial, C, intertwined with the letter R for Rex, the Latin word for King and III, as he is the third King of that name.
Stamp 2 – £1.28. Portrait by Richard Stone, 2009. Prince Charles depicted in full Garter Robes, commissioned by The Goldsmiths’ Company, City of London, to hang at Goldsmiths’ Hall.
Stamp 3 – £1.28. Portrait by June Mendoza. HRH Prince Charles Colonel In Chief the Parachute Regiment.
Stamp 4 – £1.28. Portrait by David Griffiths. HRH Charles Prince of Wales The Prince, commissioned by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society in 2002. The 60 x 40 inches oil on canvas hangs in the main foyer of Cardiff’s City Hall.
