Freddie Mercury’s ‘priceless’ stamp collection to be celebrated

Postal Museum show celebrates the Queen singer's youthful passion for philately

All Queen fans know how much Freddie Mercury liked to ride his bicycle but fewer are aware of the flamboyant frontman's other great childhood hobby: collecting stamps.

Now, for the first time, the Postal Museum is to put one of Mercury's priceless" collector's albums on show - its value enhanced by the fact that it is one of the late rock star's rare personal possessions in museum ownership.