PRE-ORDER Stranger Things

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In January 2026, Royal Mail are issuing a set of ten Mint stamps and a Miniature Sheet of four stamps to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the critically acclaimed science-fiction horror series, ‘Stranger Things’.
Set in the 1980s, the series centres around the residents of the fictional small town of Hawkins, Indiana, who are plagued by a hostile alternate dimension known as the Upside Down.
Since the series was first released on Netflix on 15 July 2016, it has attracted a record viewership and a global fanbase, winning numerous awards across the entertainment industry. Praised for its characterisation, atmosphere, writing, soundtrack, and acting - with an ensemble cast including British actors in leading roles, the fifth and final series will air in November 2025 (this will launch prior to our stamp launch so should be referred to in past tense).
Royal Mail has worked with the British artist, Kyle Lambert, who has created bespoke illustrations for the stamp issue.

Nearly ten years ago, Netflix’s Stranger Things first entered our dimension. Set in the small, sleepy town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the mid-1980s, the show offered a savvy, self-aware tribute to the science fiction, synth-pop and scary stories of that iconic decade. A massive overnight smash when it launched, and now in its fifth and final season, the show made megastars out of its young cast and gathered a huge global fanbase along the way. Welcome to the Upside Down...

Season 1
The story begins in 1983, when a young boy called Will Byers vanishes into thin air. As his family, the local police and close friends Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson and Lucas Sinclair search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange girl known only as Eleven.

Season 2
It’s 1984 and the citizens of Hawkins are still reeling from the horrors of the monstrous Demogorgon and the secrets of Hawkins National Laboratory. Will Byers has been rescued from the shadowy realm known as the Upside Down, but a bigger, more sinister entity a spider-like creature called the Mind Flayer still threatens those who survived.

Season 3
It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer is heating up. School’s out, there’s a brand-new hang-out in town called the Starcourt Mall and romance is blossoming. But new dangers loom. Evil doesn’t end, it evolves and as the ‘Battle of Starcourt’ and the fearsome attack by the Mind Flayer proves one summer can change everything.

Season 4
It’s been several months since the Battle of Starcourt brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, the group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier. At this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying threat surfaces – in the form of a powerful, supernatural figure known as Vecna – presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.

Season 5 – Launching 26 November 2025
It’s the autumn of 1987 and Hawkins is scarred by the opening
of the Rifts gateways to the Upside Down. Meanwhile, our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished – his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so too does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone the full party standing together, one last time.

The 10 x 1st class stamps show key characters across the series, illustrated by Kyle Lambert. 5 stamps represent the characters in the ‘real’ world with a red background and 5 representing the alternate dimension with a blue background, known as the ‘Upside Down’.

1st Class Eleven and Joyce

1st Class Dustin, Lucas and Mike

1st Class Steve, Robin and Erica

1st Class Nancy, Jonathan and Henry

1st Class Eleven, Jim and Dr Kay

1st Class Will, the Demogorgon and Barbara

1st Class Jim, a Demodog and Will

1st Class Max, the Mind Flayer and Billy

1st Class Eddie, Dustin and Max

1st Class Vecna, Holly and Mr Whatsit