America has been ahead of the game with stamps as these two show from many years before the 90s. But even the UK had previously had a horror themed stamp if you include the Hound of the Baskervilles from a set of Arthur Conan Doyle stamps.
More recently, Boris Karloff has appeared on another stamp in the US in 2003 which celebrates Hollywood and the art of cinema - in this case Jack Pierce's make up. And according to Sara Karloff, Boris' daughter, in a recent BBC documentary, her father has appeared on more US stamps now than any other person apart from the presidents!
In the UK in 2008 the Royal Mail celebrated the Carry On films and Hammer films with a set of 6 stamps - 3 from each genre. Below are the 3 Hammer stamps, but also I've shown one of the Carry On stamps as the film poster shown was Carry On Screaming.
Sunday 24th October 2010
