Stamp Commemorates Queen Elizabeth II's 80th Birthday

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, Dominica has issued a souvenir sheetlet of 4. This is only one of the new acquisitions at County Stamp Center celebrating the Queen's 54 years on the throne. Anglophiles, click our post title for more details or visit our website at www.stampcenter.com and search for "Queen Elizabeth." We offer a number of portrature stamps depicting the Queen at various stages of life. Stamps are sold mint and never hinged unless noted in the description.

Elizabeth II was born April 21, 1926 and ascended the throne on February 6,1952, upon the death of her father, King George VI. She is monarch and head of state of 16 countries that are home to about 128 million people. Elizabeth is the second-longest serving head of state in the world after King Bhumibol of Thailand and the third-longest serving British or English monarch in the world after Queen Victoria. For a comprehensive biography on Queen Elizabeth, read the article on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II.