Royal Mail unveils selection of stamps featuring the flashiest armour ever owned by Britain’s best-known monarchs

THE ROYAL Mail unveils a enactment of stamps acceptable for a King - showing disconnected the flashiest armour ever owned by Britain’s best-known monarchs.

Eight stamps amusement stunning examples of armour from 1520 to 1686 owned by monarchs including King Henry VIII, King Charles I, King Charles II and King James II.

They see Henry VIII’s horned helmet and the stunning gilt armour suit worn by King Charles I.

The enactment has been unveiled successful collaboration with The Royal Armouries.

Four different designs showcase jaw-dropping treasures from the museum’s stash, with influences spanning the UK, Europe, and Asia.

The Royal Armouries, Britain’s oldest museum, boasts the largest postulation of armour successful the world.

Last summer, Martin Lewis' MoneySavingExpert (MSE) issued a informing implicit aged stamps earlier households determine to bin them.

Royal Mail started replacing each existent stamps with caller benignant designs past year.

If you proceed to usage aged stamps, you could look a surcharge in the aforesaid mode that you would if you sent message with nary oregon insufficient postage.

The lone valid designs are those with barcodes connected them, featuring King Charles' image.

Alternatively, you tin swap your aged ones for barcoded versions for escaped done the Royal Mail scheme.

The squad astatine MSE precocious tweeted: "Got aged stamps lying around? Don't bin 'em.

"MSE's Helen's conscionable recovered £8.10 worthy of non-barcoded stamps successful an aged purse, and luckily Royal Mail's FREE 'Swap Out' strategy is inactive open."