22-January... Royal Proclamation of King Edward VII...


King Edward VII was featured in the 1st Class stamp released by Royal Mail in the year 2012 to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee...

Post the unfortunate death of Queen Victoria, Albert Edward was proclaimed as King on this day (22-Jan) in the year 1901...  Originally born under the name of Albert Edward, he chose to reign as Edward VII...  He became the first monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which was later changed to Windsor...

This stamp can be collected under the themes:

(a) Royalty...
(b) Heads of State...
(c) Kings...

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