Royal Mail celebrates 40th anniversary of hit comedy Only Fools And Horses with new stamps

One of a set stamps marking the 40th anniversary year of the popular TV comedy series
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April Roach @aprilroach282 February 2021

Royal Mail is marking the 40th anniversary of the hit BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses with a new set of stamps.

Only Fools And Horses first aired in 1981 and featured the escapades of market trader Del Boy, played by Sir David Jason, and his less streetwise younger brother Rodney, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Royal Mail revealed 12 new stamps designs, eight of which depict scenes and one-liners from the sitcom.

The four other stamps show the main Trotter characters Del Boy, Rodney, Grandad and Uncle Albert, alongside their catchphrases.

Del Boy’s reads: “This time next year, we’ll be millionaires!”

Royal Mail stamp strategy manager Philip Parker said: “The superb writing, comic one-liners and the warmth and idiosyncrasies of its characters made Only Fools And Horses one of the most loved TV comedies of all time.

Eight of the stamps show scenes and one-liners from Only Fools and Horses
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“We celebrate 40 years of the Trotters’ wheeling and dealing, with new stamps revisiting some of the show’s classic moments.”

The show’s seventh regular series aired in 1991 and was followed by sporadic Christmas specials until the show ended in 2003.

The stamps will go on sale from February 16
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Sir David and Lyndhurst reprised their roles as Del Boy and Rodney for a 2014 Sport Relief special starring David Beckham.

One of the stamps features the scene where Del Boy falls through a bar in a pub, which last year was voted as the nation’s most memorable TV moment in a poll by Virgin Media for the Bafta TV Awards.

The stamps will be on sale from February 16. They will also be available for purchase as a full set in a presentation pack from the Royal Mail’s website.

Additional reporting by PA Media.

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