Birmingham officially first class with new stamp

Credit: Royal Mail Press Office

The Library of Birmingham has been included in a set of new Special Stamps issued by Royal Mail that celebrate 10 iconic buildings in the UK.

The new stamp is first class only and costs 65p.

Designed by Francine Houben, of the Dutch architectural practice Mecanoo, the Library of Birmingham has been designed to be a “people’s palace”.

The exterior of the ten-storey building is wrapped in broad bands of gold and silver cladding, overlaid with a filigree pattern of interlocking circles in thin sections of aluminium.

Cllr Ian Ward, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council, said:

Philip Parker, Stamp Strategy Manager, Royal Mail, said:

The locations features on the stamps include:

  • Everyman Theatre in Liverpool,

  • The Scottish Parliament,

  • Imperial War Museum North,

  • Giants Causeway visitor centre,

  • Birmingham library,

  • Tate modern’s switch house,

  • The SEC Armadillo in Glasgow,

  • London Aquatics Centre,

  • National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff,

  • Eden Project, St Austell.