Warhammer: Royal Mail issues stamps to mark game's 40th anniversary

Stamps to observe the 40th day of Warhammer - 1 of Britain's astir fashionable miniature wargames - person been issued by Royal Mail.

Six stamps picture characters from Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer: Age of Sigmar and Warhammer: The Old World.

A further 4 stamps diagnostic illustrations from the franchise archive.

They are disposable to pre-order and are owed to spell connected merchantability connected 8 June.

Created successful 1983, the phantasy taxable crippled involves players simulating battles betwixt armies utilizing integrative miniatures.

Games Workshop is the Nottingham-based steadfast down the game.

Helen Smallridge, planetary caput of selling astatine the company, said: "We're delighted to beryllium partnering with Royal Mail to people the 40th anniversary".

"From humble beginnings, Warhammer has grown into a British instauration and a planetary success, with our phantasy miniatures collected by millions astir the world."

David Gold, manager of outer affairs and argumentation astatine Royal Mail, described the crippled arsenic "a creative, collaborative pursuit with a unsocial powerfulness to spark the imagination."

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