page_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United Kingdom
section_title: E
hierarchical_section_title: List of people on the postage stamps of the United Kingdom / E
caption_attribution_description: English: Scan of United Kingdom 3-pence stamp of 1952
context_page_description: This is a list of people on stamps of the United Kingdom.
  Until 2005, the Royal Mail policy was that the only identifiable living people depicted on British stamps were the monarch and other members of the Royal Family. This policy was only occasionally broken. The first exception was in the 1967 issue commemorating the solo round the world voyage of Gipsy Moth IV where a person appeared as an unidentifiable blob on the yacht – as there was only one person on board it must have been Francis Chichester. Similarly in the issue honouring Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor can be seen in the background.
  The rule was again broken in December 2003 when players from England's team which beat Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final were shown; however, no faces appeared. The rule was finally abandoned with the release on 6 October 2005 of a set of stamps to commemorate the English cricket team's victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series. The four stamps clearly and deliberately depict members of the team including captain Michael Vaughan and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
context_section_description: King Edward VII (1902)
  King Edward VIII (1936)
  Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1999)
  Duncan Edwards, footballer (1996)
  Edward Elgar (1985)
  George Eliot (1980)
  Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
  Jessica Ennis (2012)
caption: Queen Elizabeth II, 1952
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