In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W. Dunlap ...

Freddie Mercury’s sense of style is visible as far back as his childhood stamp collection. Mercury, born on this day in 1946 with the name Farrokh Bulsara, was the iconic frontman of Queen.

The Liverpool-born pop star's childhood collection of stamps is certainly likely to arouse plenty of intrigue among his followers, though. Lennon's stamp collection is known as his 'lost album'.