After 40 years, iconic Only Fools and Horses characters Del Boy and Rodney Trotter have got the Royal Mail’s seal of approval.
The Peckham pair, along with grandad and Uncle Albert have finally got it licked in a set of stamps.
Some of their most memorable one-liners and scenes have been immortalised in 12 stamps from Del Boy’s classic “This time next year we could be millionaires” to Uncle Albert’s “During the war” start to his stories.
The full set features eight of the BBC sit-com’s best-loved scenes and a further four stamps on a miniature sheet show the four Trotter men.
Del Boy, played by Sir David Jason - who turns 81 this week - and his hapless brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) appear with a host of co-stars from Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack), Boycie (John Challis), and Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones) to Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong) and Marlene (Sue Holderness).
Grandad, played by the late Lennard Pearce is also honoured in a stamp with his immortal words “I’ve always wanted to go to Benidorm. Where is it?”.
Launched to mark the long running BBC show’s 40th anniversary, the full set costs £16.20 at Post Offices from February 16.
Created and written by John Sullivan, Only Fools ran for 64 episodes from 1981 to 2003 and was watched by 24.3 million at its peak.
It was so successful pub landlords complained their boozers were empty on Sunday nights as the nation was at home, glued to the box.
More than 30 years after it was first screened, the moment when Del Boy falls thorough the raised bar flap while trying to look cool with a glass of wine in his hand, was voted the best TV scene ever last year.
It is part of the set which includes the hilarious chandelier scene when Del tells Rodney “brace yourself” as they attempt to catch a priceless Louis XIV artefact as grandad unbolts i
