Royal Mail draws on Roald Dahl to find inspiration for new stamps

Ashley Queyrel-Jordan, aged 11, has helped launch of a set of Roald Dahl stamps.

The six Royal Mail stamps, which are available from today, depict the work of illustrator Quentin Blake, whose drawings are synonymous with Dahl’s stories. They feature six of the author’s best-loved novels.

One of Dahl’s most famous tales, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, appears with a beaming Charlie Bucket on the 46p first-class stamp.

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Other stamps, shown here with Ashley at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire, feature favourites Fantastic Mr Fox (66p), James and the Giant Peach (68p), Matilda (76p), The Twits (£1) and The Witches (£1.10).

The author’s daughter Ophelia Dahl said: “I’m so excited that Royal Mail has honoured my father, Roald Dahl, with these stamps.

“My dad wrote thousands of letters home throughout his life and never dreamed that one day one of his own characters would grace a stamp. He’d be thrilled.”