Beatles fame Sir Paul McCartney gets own set of royal postage stamps

Sir James Paul McCartney, the English singer, songwriter, musician and film producer, who gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles, now has a personalised set of stamps to his long list of accolades; this stamp created by Britain's Royal Mail shows Sir Paul McCartney working on the "Ram" album in 1971. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

Paul McCartney has numerous hits, awards and even a knighthood to his name; a still of a Royal Mail stamp created to pay tribute towards Paul McCartney's great work. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

Britain's Royal Mail passed a statement recently that it will issue a set of 12 stamps depicting McCartney and his work, saying it was paying tribute to "one of the most iconic and enduring music artists of all time". This stamp was created as same as the cover of Paul McCartney's studio album McCartney II. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

This stamp shows Paul McCartney working in the studio on his famous album "McCartney" which was released in 1980. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

This stamp, like many other stamps, created by Royal Mail to honour McCartney, shows his various album covers. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

This stamp shows McCartney in the studio working on the "Flaming Pie" album in 1997. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

A combination image of four Royal Mail stamps created in honour of Sir Paul McCartney shows him in the studio working on various albums. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

McCartney joins David Bowie and Elton John as the only other individual music artist to feature in a dedicated stamp issue. (Source: Photo by Reuters)

"These dedicated stamps issue a fitting tribute to one of the UK's much loved and revered musical icons," Royal Mail noted. (Source: Photo by Reuters)